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 89
W.6.B. *ue. CHAPTER VI. CAR0L1NGIAN PERIOD—BOOKBINDINGS IN IVORY—GOLDSMITHS WORK AND ENAMEL. … T has been shown in the preceding chapters that for upwards of twothousand years the art of bookbinding, by means of attaching theleaves to the back and affixing boards to the sides, has been practised,the addition of embellishment following as a matter of taste, if notof necessity. Having…
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