Bookbinder in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg
- ISBN-10
- 0910412154
- ISBN-13
- 9780910412155
- Category
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1959-07
- Publisher
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Author
- Thomas K. Ford
Description
This pamphlet succinctly, clearly, and vividly details the colonial practice of the ancient "art and mystery" of turning written words into durable, portable, and beautiful records.
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