The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 433
e Binding of Book?.—Bookbinding among the Romans.—Books bound with GoldsmithsV^ork from the Fifth Centurj.—Chained Books.— Corporation of Lieurs or Bookbinders.—Books bound in SVood, with Metal Corners and Clasps.—First Bindings in Leather, honey-combed {waffled) and gilt.—Description of some… … S soon as the ancients had made squarebooks, more convenient to read thanthe rolls, bookbinding—that is to say,the art of fixing the leaves into amovable back between two squarepieces of wood, ivory, metal, or lea-ther—was invented. This primitivebinding, which had no other objectthan that of…
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