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

Author/creator Prideaux, S. T. author.
Other author Duff, E. Gordon (Edward Gordon), 1863-1924, author.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.
Description1 online resource (vi, 303 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentGale, Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922
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SeriesWomen's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922
Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922. UNAUTHORIZED
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.
General note"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, v. 13-15.

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