Author: FOOT, MIRJAM M.
Title: Studies in the History of Bookbinding.
Description: Original Wraps. (1993). Scolar Press, 1994. 467 pp. Illus. in b/w. Index. Cloth. * Articles on the history of bookbinding and related subjects written over twelve years. The balance is heavily weighted in favour of gold-tooled binding, showing an early liking for the splendid products of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century. Also the study of binding structures and binding techniques and the relation between the history of bookbinding and that of book production, the book trade, and the history of the book and its place in society at large. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good .

Keywords: Bookbindings


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