Henri Pène du Bois, Historical essay on the art of bookbinding… (1883)
“ Then, as beneath the dome of a great library lies the temple of refuge for the soul that suggested itself to Osymandyas, King of Egypt, the books of the bibliophile should not be artistically as cold as a Carnac dolmen. The history of the art of bookbinding is compatible with the history of artistic taste in every country ”
