Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660-1800
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Word Count
44,000 words, Guess
Page Count
176 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL11244800M
- ISBN-139780712348485
- ISBN-100712348484
- OCLC Control Number55609706
- OCLC Control Numbertradebookbinding0000benn
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004301912
Classifications
- LCCZ270.G7 B46 2004
Description
"Stuart Bennett's landmark study is the first illustrated guide to a complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or at most in a plain paper wrapper." This view is still generally accepted. Bennett, however, presents new documentary and visual evidence that books were predominantly sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as well as boards and wrappers. Over two hundred color illustrations show what these bindings looked like, and how their styles evolved."--Book jacket.
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