The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time (1887)
Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 266
atures and cords. Certain preparationsdestroy the insect, but the precaution often has noeffect, and it is thus that the disappearance of volumesformerly so abundant, but almost impossible to findnow, may be explained. BOOKBINDING. 255 From the beginning the operations of the binder werewhat they… … Fig. 105.—Bookbinders shop in the sixteenth century. Engravingby Jost Amman. the cords or strings, which form the five or six bandsseen on the backs. Primitively these cords were unitedto the wooden boards, and over both was placed a re-sistant skin, on which from relief or metal engravingswere…
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