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 67
ltimately led to its adoptionfor almost every description of writing. The honour of the introduction of binding,composed of separate leaves, as now universally practised throughout Europe, has beenaccorded to Eumencs, King of Pergamus, whom we have before referred to as the Herculanensia, ioo. 4… … BOOKS IN THE TIMES OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. 45 inventor of parchment ;l but the flat form of book must have been used at a muchearlier date than his reign. When books of folded form came into use the necessity of a cover would be evenmore apparent than for the rolls, and hence gradually arose…
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