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 210
CHAPTER XII. … BOOKBINDING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY—SIGNATURES—FORWARDING—PRICE OF BINDINGS RESTRICTED BY LAW IN ENGLAND—BOOKS INCHAINS—ORNAMENTED EDGES—EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS. HE multiplication of books, it has been said, led to a less expensivemode of binding than had been usual before, though still…
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