| BINDING-CASE DESIGNED BY G. AURIOL. FOR MAISON LAROUSSE | BOOKBINDING IN BLUE MOROCCO, WITH INLAY AND GOLD TOOLING
DESIGNED BY A. SEGAUD, EXECUTED BY P. SOUZE (Lent by Maison Hachette & Cie.) |
| BINDING-CASE DESIGNED BY G. AURIOL FOR MAISON LAROUSSE | BINDING-CASE DESIGNED BY LUCIEN LAFORGE FOR MAISON LAROUSSE |
AUSTRIA
THE ART OF THE BOOK IN AUSTRIA. BY A. S. LEVETUS
LIKE other countries Austria has, in all that relates to the book, gone through periods of high developments, followed by a time of inactivity which could but lead to eventual decay. That in the past many works of a high artistic value as regards printing, illustrations, type, and binding, in fact all the qualities which go to make an artistic production, were issued by the various presses, many books still existing go to prove. On the whole the printers of Austria were never