id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_rrtzsma5kja4ffl7e3o33crbsu Giulia Bologna Gold in book binding 1982 6 .pdf application/pdf 3990 182 65 From early days, extensive use has been made of gold for the decoration of the covers of Late 15th century work now entrusted to the Trivulziana Library, Milan, manuscript 2167 use liquid gold preparations for the embellishment of book covers It was Venice which established pre-eminence in the art of producing bindings hot-pressed with gold in a style revealing the of works from famous early printers: volumes bound in leather artistically adorned with gold, or in precieus fabrics embossed with In the 16th century, books were published and sold in increasing numbers and the work of binding them flourished in all the adopted was reflected in covers adorned in gold with decorative the end of the 16th century, Italy too adopted larger gilding tools In Rome, Turin and Milan, striking effects continued to be produced on vellum bindings with gold that contrasted well with the designs for the bindings of books that went into his library. ./cache/work_rrtzsma5kja4ffl7e3o33crbsu.pdf ./txt/work_rrtzsma5kja4ffl7e3o33crbsu.txt