Describes the techniques of making hardbound books by hand.
This book introduces some of the numerous binding styles that can be achieved with little or no experience, from simple structures that can be made with folded paper to the classic case binding.
Glasgow : for Richard Griffin & Co. , 1823 . Contemporary signature on first endleaf : R. Curtis . Book label of Major J. R. Abbey ( his sale , Sotheby's 6th November 1967 , lot 2421 ) . Purchased from H. M. Fletcher .
Originally published in 1961 for training apprentices at the United States Government Printing Office, this detailed textbook of bookbinding contains everything one needed to know for this craft, and includes for each of the 40 chapters ...
The collection consists of ninth- and tenth-century bindings of over fifty manuscripts discovered in 1910 in the Fayum Oasis in Egypt. The collection of Coptic manuscripts was purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr., in 1911.
The Craft of Bookbinding: A Practical Handbook
A time-honored craft, bookbinding protects and enhances written and printed documents. Many of the diverse techniques of the improve a book's functionality and appearance are described in the these thoroughly illustrated pages.
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Suave Mechanicals: Essays on the History of Bookbinding
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