Passionale, etc., MS., circa 1100 A.D. Henry I.
ROYAL ENGLISH
BOOKBINDINGS
By
CYRIL DAVENPORT, F.S.A.
Of the Department of Printed Books, British Museum
LONDON
SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
1896
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| COLOURED PLATES | |||
| PAGE | |||
| I. | Passionale, etc., MS., circa 1100 A.D. | Henry I. | Frontispiece |
| II. | Penitential Psalms, etc., MS., sixteenth century | Henry VIII. | 16 |
| Novum Testamentum Græce. Lutetiæ, 1550 (gold centres) | Queen Elizabeth | 16 | |
| III. | Deloenus. Libellus de tribus Hierarchiis, etc., MS. | Henry VIII. | 18 |
| IV. | ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΟΝ ΔΩΡΟΝ. Written for Prince Henry, by King James VI. of Scotland. MS | James I. | 54 |
| V. | Ortelius. Theatre of the World. London, 1606 | Do. | 58 |
| VI. | New Testament, etc. London, 1643 | Charles I. | 66 |
| VII. | Gil. ΠΑΡΕΡΓΑ, etc. Londini, 1632 | Do. | 68 |
| VIII. | Order of the Coronation of George III. and Queen Charlotte. London, 1761 | George III. | 94 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT | |||
| Indentures between Henry VII. and John Islippe, Abbot of Westminster, concerning the foundation of the Chantrey, etc., MS. | Henry VII. | 11 | |