Modern bookbindings, their design and decoration (1906)
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian) · London : A. Constable and Co. · leaf 186
of the greatcollectors of past times. There was a veryfine specimen of vellum, ornamented inblack, shown at the Burlington Fine ArtsExhibition in 1891. But before consider-ing in detail how edition bindings weretreated in the days when, comparativelyspeaking, books were few in number, wewill get… … 51. iiolM) H\ CA.NAli:. EDITION BINDING 109 mostly bound in roan or sprinkled sheep;while books of history, poetry, and novelswere issued in drab or olive-coloured paperboards, with a printed label pasted on theback, or the full title printed on the backand sides, as in the case of Walkers…
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