Early eighteenth-century Dutch binding, silver répoussé over silver-gilt: Dominque Bouhours, Vita S. Francisci Xaverii Societatis Jesu ... (Munich, 1712).
Binding by the Club Bindery in full crushed morocco, gilt and inlaid 'Grolieresque' design on front and back covers, signed by Leon Maillard, and dated 1900: Richard de Bury, Philobiblon . . .(New York: The Grolier Club, 1889), vol. 1.New York's Grolier Club was founded in 1884 to provide bibliophiles with a centre for devotion to the book arts. It has a library 0f over 100,000 books now and holds regular exhibitions. There are a few choice visual pieces at their website.
[Times Online article about the current Plath/Hughes exhibit at the Grolier Club - copied in as a comment]
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