Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660-1800
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780712348485
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Book Printing & Binding; Crafts / Hobbies
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.