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 76
CHAPTER V. FIRST BOOKBINDINGS—IVORY DIPTYCHS—EARLY CHRISTIAN BOOKBINDINGS-BYZANTINE BINDINGS. BOUT the fourth century of the Christian era a change seems to havebeen made in the form of books. The ancient rolls were graduallysuperseded by the more convenient folded volumes, and the covers ofthese…
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