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 311
s. His rela-tive, in his biography, thus speaks ofthis peculiarity of his character :— The young gentleman took afancy to the binding of books, andhaving procured a stitching-board,press, and cutter, fell to work, andbound up books of account for him-self, and divers for his friends, in a very… … ■*?*?rr.i [MEN OK A PUNCHED AND WHEELED LEATHER BINDING DONEBY A PUPIL OF MISS I.. M. FOSTER, OF WEST HACKHURST,ABINGER, DORKING. MODERN ENGLISH BOOKBINDING. 257 learned and wealthy, was originally an amateur bookbinder. To this circumstance thesuccess of his career may be principally attributed.…
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