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The Publication Committee of the Caxton Club certify that this is oneof an edition of two hundred and fifty-two copies printed on hand-madepaper, of which two hundred and twenty-eight are for sale, and threecopies printed on Japanese vellum. The printing was done from type whichhas been distributed.

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THOMAS BERTHELET

PLATE I.

CALF BINDING OF BEMBO’S “HISTORICAE VENETAE. LIBRI XII. VENICE, 1551.”MADE FOR EDWARD VI.

See page 87.

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THOMAS BERTHELET

ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII.
KING OF ENGLAND

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS BOOKBINDINGS


BY
CYRIL DAVENPORT, F. S. A.
OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

AUTHOR OF THE ENGLISH REGALIA, ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS, ENGLISH EMBROIDERED
BOOKBINDINGS, CANTOR LECTURES ON BOOKBINDING, CAMEOS, ETC.



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