The Binding of Books: An essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings
by Horne, Herbert Percy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1894 8vo (21.5 cm), XVI, 224 pp, 12 plates. Publisher's cloth, gild-lettered spine and front cover, fore- and bottom-edge untrimmed (binding slightly rubbed, endpapers toned, a bookplate mounted on the front pastdown). Printed on thick paper. A history of book-binding by English poet, architect, typographer, designer and art historian Herbert Percy Horne (1864-1916). Included chapters dedicated to the craft of bookbinding, early Italian bindings, French bindings and English bindings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006271
- Title
- The Binding of Books: An essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings
- Author
- Horne, Herbert Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Bookbinding;
Terms of Sale
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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