Bookbindings old and new : notes of a book-lover, with account of the Grolier club of New York (1896)
Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 · London : G. Bell · leaf 30
r sheets ofpaper; and myriads of pages of books no longerin fashion were thus destroyed to stiffen thecovers of newer volumes. In our day manyinteresting fragments of forgotten authors, andnot a few curious and instructive engravings,have been rescued from oblivion, when thedecay of old book-covers… … Bookbindings Old and New. 13 covering a volume in seemly fashion. In manya monastery the binderies must have been in-creased hastily to meet the demand; and wecan trace the handiwork of these monasticcraftsmen by the designs they imprinted onthe covers of the books they bound — designsmade up…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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