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 68
h ofAlexandria, who died A.D. 371.3 The portion of the Psalms is now in the BritishMuseum, and consists of about thirty leaves. The Coptic manuscript contains a hundredand fifty pages, folded in the form now adopted by us, but has never been bound. Itwas in the collection of J. Burton, Esq., when… … 46 BOOKS OF THE ANCIENTS. These and many subsequent discoveries prove a very early knowledge of andconsiderable proficiency in the art of bookbinding as now practised. When once theleaves were secured, the subsequent stages of covering and ornamenting would soonfollow. Bruce describes the book he…
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