A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 165
CHAPTER X. CONTINENTAL BOOKBINDING IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY— PATRONS OFLITER A TURE — LEA THER BOOKBINDING, ENGLISH G UILDS — GERMAN,ITALIAN, NETHERLANDISH, AND FRENCH BINDINGS. … HE art of bookbinding, both as respects style and variety of materialfor the covers, was far advanced at the period which witnessed theinvention of printing. This invention, or rather its development, byJohn Gutenberg, of Mayence, Mentz, or Mainz, about the year 1450,took place at a fortunate…
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