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Beautiful bookbindings : a thousand years of the bookbinder's art / P.J.M. Marks.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Reference 6
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marks, P. J. M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- British Library.
- Fine bindings--England--London--Catalogs.
- Fine bindings.
- Bookbinding--History--Catalogs.
- Bookbinding.
- British Library--Catalogs.
- History.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Manufacture:
- Hong Kong, China : Great Wall Printing Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Library, 2011.
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press.
- Summary:
- "Visual overview of 100 bookbindings designed in the last thousand years, examining the history and technique of the craft. Includes work by binders Mearne, Padeloup, Payne, Simier, and others. Illustrated with color photographs from The British Library"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Early books
- Sixteenth century
- Seventeenth century
- Eighteenth century
- Nineteenth century
- Twentieth century
- Glossary
- Notes and further reading.
- Notes:
- Errata slip laid in.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- Kislak Vilain-Wieck copy retains dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9781584562931
- 1584562935
- 0712358234
- 9780712358231
- OCLC:
- 670282510
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