Henri Pène du Bois

“ A book-a-bosom, valiant King, Mathias of Hungary, the prince of bibliophiles! but as there are few, if any, specimens extant of the bindings bearing the symbol suggested by the Roman etymon of his name: a crow with a ring in its mouth ”

“ They were copied by Italian bookbinders, but were not adopted until the sixteenth century. The precious books of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were confided to goldsmiths, enamellers and illuminators, as heretofore. ”