Author: Bray, Dirk de.
Title: A short instruction in the binding of books : followed by a note on the gilding of the edges by Ambrosius Vermerck.
Description: [Edited and] translated by H.S. Lake. With an introduction and a paraphrase by K. van der Horst and C. de Wolf. Amsterdam : Nico Israel, 1977. Paperback. 87 pp. ills. 17 cm. Together in original cassette with fasimilé of the orig. Dutch 1658-edition in handwriting : Onderwijs van 't boek-binden. 10 cm. With an inlay with a New Years wish signed by the publisher Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - This little book, written in 1658, is thus the earliest known description of what went on in a bookbinder's workshop. Step by step, from the folding of the sheets to the affixing of the clasps, the entire process is described in detail from beginning to end.(Introduction). -

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