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An historical sketch of bookbinding / by S. T. Prideaux. With a chapter on early stamped bindings by E. Gordon Duff.

Women’s Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922 Available online

Women’s Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 303 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
London : Lawrence and Bullen, 1893.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
  • CONTENTS.
  • -Historical sketch of bookbinding.
  • -Table of contemporaneous sovereigns in France and England.
  • Technical terms in ordinary use.
  • -Embroided book-covers.
  • -The use of metal in bound books.
  • -Book-edge decoration.
  • -Early documents relating to the craft.
  • -Bibliography of works relatng to binding.
  • -Index.
Notes:
"An enlarged reprint" of the "Introduction to the Catalogue of the exhibition of bindings, held at the Burlington fine arts club, in ... 1891". The articles "Embroidered book-covers", "The use of metal in bound books" and "Book-edge decoration", appeared first in the Magazine of art, volume 13-15.
OCLC:
1289509173
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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