acerate in the compartments, of the back..
:ship is superior to most of the not empo
anals. To book appears to have been bo

1920. Es cyle yay different room that of d which w te he and for the same mont bele

1. '. - Gione al Register Office at Limburg'a Ia Royal-Booklander's bill, pai! by Join V.. Its fifty-nine difft items: an. a Clematis Abxondriai, Svo. gyl

Epistola, bvo, in prehm nt, Fis. : .1

ito, xiid.; Per licens mrioral Vez,

; lant. is.: Zarthig Zanchis) Le trit si Robo, gylt, .: Hanado Star Choost, fetic, in Xs: Dictions in Latine, Greer et taller ser Ito.it, not Tresores Pannrur, Svo, 11 V vs.; Pelindo Arbita, svo, in parelment.” 11. other entries in the accounts of the Scottish Le of payments to the sabe a tst in 1590, ats sega ut y pa.

Praver books another works of devotion: W this period, occasionally bound in solid gold c Such was Queen Elizabeth's goien Monnel; tera Cone booke of the Gospells plated with silver. Morocco bindings scarcely occur in the Roy dion until the reign of James I. One of the best amples is to be seen in a copy, now in the Bri!

, of the Honnes Hast, es of Thevet (P、ris,

BOOK IV.

Chapter IV.

ground work of yellow silk. The royal arms, initials. Bookbinding. and insignia appear on both sides. The rose and thistle alternate in the compartments of the back. The workmanship is superior to most of the contemporary examples. This book appears to have been bound about 1620. Its style is very different from that of the books which were bound for the same monarch before his accession to the English crown.

Scottish Binding. "Johnne

binder's Precept. Oct. 1580."

In the General Register Office at Edinburgh is preGibsonis Buck- served a Royal-Bookbinder's bill, paid by James VI. in 1580. It contains fifty-nine different items; amongst which are "Opera Clementis Alexandrini, 8vo, gylt, price xs.; Gildeæ Epistola, 8vo, in parchment, iiis.; Aneuch is cine feist, 4to, xiid.; Predictiones memorabiles, 8vo, in parchment, iiis.; Zanthig [Zanchius] De tribus Elohim, folio, gylt, xxs.; Harmonia Stan(i)hursti, folio, in vellene, xs.; Dictionarium in Latino, Græco et Gallico sermone, 4to, gylt, xxs.; Thesaurus Pauperum, 8vo, in vellene, vs.; Petronius Arbiter, 8vo, in parchment." There are other entries in the accounts of the Scottish Treasury of payments to the same artist in 1580, and subsequent years.

Prayer books and other works of devotion were, at this period, occasionally bound in solid gold or silver. Such was Queen Elizabeth's golden Manual; such her "Oone booke of the Gospells plated with silver," etc. Morocco bindings scarcely occur in the Royal Collection until the reign of James I. One of the best examples is to be seen in a copy, now in the British Muof the Hommes Illustres of Thevet (Paris, 1584):