In the seventeenth century, ornate silver decorations became affordable to and popular among the burgeoning middle class of successful merchants and lesser nobles. These bindings indicated the importance of the books, the wealth of their owners, or both at the same time. For nearly two centuries, books adorned with silver were popular in Western Europe.
Silver and Books
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