The book; its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time (1890)
Bouchot, Henri,1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C.(Edward Clements),1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton,1848-1897 · London, H. Grevel & Co. · leaf 283
attained a very high degree of perfection. For some 264 The Book. reason, probably owing to the introduction of plates of coppergilt, and of the champleve (much less expensive than thecloisonne) process of enamelling, the art of ornamental leatherbinding declined in this country. An example of a… … Fig. 149. —Bookbinders shop in the sixteenth century. Engraving by Jost Amman. The invention of printing led to a great increase in thenumber of books produced, and as a consequence stimulatedthe art of bookbinding. When books were produced singlyby copying, the binder could devote more time to the…
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