Produced by K.D. Thornton, Bruce Albrecht, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS [Illustration: 19--Christopherson, Historia Ecclesiastica. Lovanii, 1569.] EDITED BY ALFRED POLLARD ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS BY CYRIL DAVENPORT, F. S. A AUTHOR OF 'THE ENGLISH REGALIA' ETC. LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUeBNER AND COMPANY, LIMITED 1899 The English Bookman's Library Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty CONTENTS AND LIST OF PLATES PAGE GENERAL INTRODUCTION, ix By Alfred W. Pollard. ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BINDINGS By Cyril Davenport. CHAPTER I.--Introductory, 1 PLATES. 1. Embroidered Bag for Psalms. _London_, 1633, 17 2. Embroidered Cover for New Testament. _London_, 1640, 18 CHAPTER II.--Books Bound in Canvas, 28 PLATES. 3. The Felbrigge Psalter. 13th-century MS., 29 4. The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1544, 32 5. Prayers of Queen Katherine Parr. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1545, 33 6. Christian Prayers. _London_, 1581, 37 7. Psalms and Common Praier. _London_, 1606, 38 8. Bible, etc. _London_, 1612, 39 9. Sermons by Samuel Ward. _London_, 1626-7, 41 10. New Testament, etc. _London_, 1625-35, 42 11. The Daily Exercise of a Christian. _London_, 1623, 44 12. Bible. _London_, 1626, 45 13. Bible, etc. _London_, 1642, 48 14. Bible. _London_, 1648, 49 CHAPTER III.--Books Bound in Velvet, 52