Geheimen der boekbinderij
Subtitle: Secrets of bookbinding : an anonymous 19th century Dutch bookbinding manual
By: reproduced in facsimile with a translation, introduction, and notes by Richard J. Wolfe ; with 4 original samples of marbling and 4 samples of gilding on paper, silk, velvet, and leather
Contributors: Wolfe, Richard J.; Firefly Press
Publisher: publisher not identified
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng; dut
Translated from: dut
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Bookbinding; Handbooks, manuals; Marbling (Bookbinding); Gilding
Other titles: Secrets of bookbinding.
Notes: Includes facsimile reprint of: Geheimen der boekbinderij, of Handeleiding voor boekbinders ... / door B ... . Amsterdam : Ipenbuir & van Seldam, [1845 or 6]. (Pollard & Potter, Early bookbinding manuals, no. 63; here dated by Wolfe as 1845 or 6).

Pages [1]-15 on facing pages numbered in duplicate.

"Approximately 250 copies ... have been printed, of which 200 are for sale. The printing was done at Firefly Press, Somerville, Massachusetts ... The marbled samples and cover paper were made by Richard J. Wolfe. The gilded samples were struck at the Harcourt Bindery, Boston ... The edition was cased-in and bound by Mr. Wolfe, and each copy is signed by him."--Colophon.