Stitches used on embroidered books:
_Buttonhole_ or _Needlepoint lace_ stitch,
'New Testament' (1625), 87;
'Psalms' (1633), 95;
'New Testament' (1640), 101;
'Bible' (1642), 48;
'Bible' (1648), 50.
_Chain stitch_,
'Daily Exercise of a Christian' (1623), 44.
_Feather stitch_, sometimes called _Shading stitch_,
'Bible' (1626), 45;
'New Testament' (1630), 90;
Henshaw (1632), 90;
'Psalms' (1635), 92;
'Psalms' (1641), 105;
'Psalms' (1643), 106.
_Satin stitch_,
'Psalms' (1633), 91.
_Split stitch_,
'Felbrigge Psalter' (fourteenth century), 30;
'Way to True Happiness' (1639), 99.
_Tapestry_ or _Tent stitch_, 28;
'Miroir of the Synneful Soul' (1544), 33;
'Prayers' (1545), 34;
'Prayers' (1581), 37;
'Bible' (1612), 39;
Ward (1626), 41.
Symbolical figures, 5, 6;
Faith and Hope (1625, 1648), 42, 50;
Peace and Plenty (1619, 1635), 84, 93.
Thompson, Mr. H. Yates, 41.
Udall's 'Sermons,' 71.
Vaughan crest, on 'Christian Prayers, 1570,' 59.
Velvet bindings, 6, 7, 52-79.
Victoria, Queen, embroidered book belonging to, 77.
Wales, ostrich plumes of the Prince of, 73, 77, 86.
Ward, Samuel, 'Sermons, 1626-7,' 41.
Water-colours used on embroidered bindings, 81-84.
'Way to True Happiness' (1639), 99.
Wheatley, Mr. H. B., 1.
Wilton, Countess of, 33, 35, 64.
Wren, Elizabeth, book embroidered by, 94.
York, Cardinal, 19.
PRINTED BY T. AND A. CONSTABLE, PRINTERS TO
HER MAJESTY, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS,
EDINBURGH: MARCH MDCCCXCIX
=The English Bookman's Library=
EDITED BY ALFRED POLLARD
VOLUME I
=ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS=
BY CYRIL DAVENPORT, F. S. A.
VOLUME II
=A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH PRINTING=
BY H. R. PLOMER
VOLUME III
=ENGLISH BOOK COLLECTORS=
BY W. Y. FLETCHER
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUeBNER & CO., LIMITED
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