But there is no genius in any of it; a great French binder of this century is yet to come.
Spanish bindings are often very handsomely gold tooled, and are usually ornamented with heraldic designs. Little is known at present about them, but it is certainly doubtful whether any great school of gold tooling in bindings has ever existed outside Italy, England or France.
BOOKS TO CONSULT.
Anglo-Saxon Review.—London, 1899. (Articles at the beginning of each vol., by Cyril Davenport.)
Bauchart.—See Quentin-Bauchart.
Beraldi, H.—La Reliure du XIXe. Siècle. London, 1895-97.
Bernard, A. J.—G. Tory. Paris, 1857.
Bickell, L.—Bucheinbände des XV. bis XVIII. Jahrhunderts aus hessischen Bibliotheken. Leipzig, 1892.
Bosquet, E.—La Reliure. Paris, 1894.
Bouchot, H.—De la Reliure. Paris, 1891.