Author: MARKS, P. J. M.
Title: Beautiful Bookbindings A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art.
Description: First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 192; patterned endpapers, coloured frontispiece, illustrated with numerous coloured plates, glossary, notes and further reading, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London/Delaware; The British Library & Oak Knoll Press; 2011. An illustrated introduction considers the history and craft of bookbinding. Each of the featured bindings is then considered in detail, and the stories behind them reveal the myriad of influences, ranging from technical to personal tastes, behind their unique appearance.
Keywords: bookbinding history book bookc collecting illustrations boo
Title: Beautiful Bookbindings A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art.
Description: First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 192; patterned endpapers, coloured frontispiece, illustrated with numerous coloured plates, glossary, notes and further reading, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London/Delaware; The British Library & Oak Knoll Press; 2011. An illustrated introduction considers the history and craft of bookbinding. Each of the featured bindings is then considered in detail, and the stories behind them reveal the myriad of influences, ranging from technical to personal tastes, behind their unique appearance.
Keywords: bookbinding history book bookc collecting illustrations boo
Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 107029
- Book number: 107029