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Thomas Maiolo (Mahieu)
I’m going to try to tell the story of Thomas Maiolo (a.k.a. Mahieu) through a series of images of book bindings. Again, as with the post on Tory, I’m going to have to go back a little bit before Maiolo for the story to make sense. So, here goes… We have to start with François … Read more
Geoffroy Tory
Since Tory is the first Bookbinder on Mary Frances Isom’s list, I’m going to have to do a little bookbinding back-story. This should provide a bit of context for Tory, and place him in a historical continuum of the bookbinding arts. First, lets go way back. The earliest examples of bookbinding’s were discovered preserved in … Read more
The development of the book, and some interesting facts.
Before I get into the bookbinders lives and work it’s probably a good idea to cover some stuff about the development of books. The word “book” comes from an Anglo Saxon word, boc or beech, because the inside part of the bark of the beech tree made a good surface to write on. Before the … Read more
Jacques Auguste de Thou and the Eves
This post is going to cover two of the names on Mary Francis Isom’s list. I’m doing this because the lives of these men are closely linked, both through their respective careers, and through the style of French bookbinding known as ‘décors à la fanfare’. Jacques Auguste de Thou was born with advantages on October … Read more
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