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Definition of Gauffered
1. gauffer [v] - See also: gauffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauffered
Literary usage of Gauffered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Collection of Books, Manuscripts, and Works of Art by Henry Probasco, Newberry Library (1873)
"principally from designs by Stothard, green morocco, lined with garnet morocco,
guards heavily gilt, gilt and gauffered edges. (Clarke. ..."
2. The Binding of Books: An Essay in the History of Gold-tooled Bindings by Herbert Percy Horne (1894)
"... but these early examples are generally ' gauffered,' or tooled, by a method,
which does not greatly differ from that of the blind tooling employed in ..."
3. American Book Prices Current (1897)
"Folio, calf, covered with an arabesque design, the Royal arms of France in the
centre, gilt gauffered edges. 5529 Paxton (Joseph). MAGAZINE OF BOTANY. ..."
4. Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction (1899)
"... and the date 15 56 on sides, gilt gauffered edges, full-page painting of the
Crucifixion inside the front cover and another at the end, ..."
5. Catalogue of the Library: Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps and Prints by Gerald Ephraim Hart (1890)
"The edges are gauffered at the sides, and exquisitely painted by hand in colors.
... 12° in a beautiful Italian morocco binding, gauffered gilt edges. ..."
6. The Huth Library: A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph by Henry Huth, Frederick Startridge Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt (1880)
"It was the dedication copy presented to Cardinal de' Medici, whose arms are
emblazoned in the centre of the binding, on the gauffered edges, ..."
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