The art of books : German decorative trade bindings from the collections of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries. German Decorative Trade Bindings Project Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries.

Bookbinding--Germany--History--Exhibitions.

Bookbinding.

Publishers' bindings--Germany--History--Exhibitions.

Publishers' bindings.

University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries--Exhibitions.

University of Wisconsin--Madison.

History.

Germany.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

polychrome

Other Title:

German decorative trade bindings from the collections of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries

Also known as: Virtual museum of decorative German trade bindings

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, [200u]-

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"The goals of the Virtual Museum of Decorative German Trade Bindings are: 1) to illustrate the range of design styles that were employed by commercial binders and publishers; 2) to foster an increased appreciation of this aspect of the German book trade and of the book arts generally; 3) to support the growing interest and research in these binding designs by making a representative sample available to a larger audience than a physical exhibit would allow; 4) to provide improved access to contemporary publications which describe the binding trade, commercial binding equipment, and specific binderies and artists; and 5) to establish an inventory of German artists and interior designers who promoted the book arts from 1870 to 1920 and of the monograms they frequently used to sign their designs."--Introductory essay page.

Notes:

Title from home page (viewed Dec. 3, 2002).

Design, development, and production by the German Decorative Trade Bindings Project Group.

OCLC:

51110584