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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 284

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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 covering;but in the Netherlandish monasteries and towns where…

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