Author: Westerby, Matthew
Title: The Woven Prayer Book: Cocoon to Codex
Description: Paris, Les Enluminures, 2019. Softcover. A softcover book with French flaps. The title is printed on the front in black lettering. There are two illustrations. The spine is a black woven pattern. The back cover is a dark orange. Pages: (4), 5-67, (1). Profusely illustrated with both color and black and white images. Focued on neo-Gothic books woven with silk, this essay presents new findings on five books programmed with punch cards and produced with Jacquard looms in Lyon for submission to the 1889 World's Fair. VG+: A book in excellent condition. Appears as though it was rarely, if ever, taken from the shelf .

Keywords: Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Woven Books ; ;


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