Bookbinders and their craft
By: by S.T. Prideaux ...
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons
Published: 1903
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Bookbinders.; Bookbinding.
Notes: "Of this book there have been printed five hundred copies, of which this is no. 498."
"Of the papers collected in this volume, those on 'Roger Payne' and 'English and Scottish bindings of the last century' were written for the 'Magazine of art' ... The notice of M. Thoinan's important book [Les relieurs français, 1893] was contributed to 'Bibliographica' [1895, v. 1, p. 82-91] ... All the rest appeared either in 'Scribner's magazine' or 'The Bookbuyer', except the second paper on 'Early Italian bindings', which is now added in order to complete the outline of the subject."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Some English and Scottish bindings of the last century.; title: Characteristics and peculiarities of Roger Payne, binder.; title: "Les relieurs français" by E. Thoinan.; title: Design in bookbinding.; title: Some French binders of to-day.; title: Early stamped bindings.; title: Early Italian bindings.; title: Some notes on pattern-making.