Printing and writing materials: their evolution (1912)
Smith, Adele Millicent · Philadelphia, The author · leaf 274
f ideas, his bindings are decora-tive in character and not illustrative. Althoughthe scheme of ornamentation may have beensuggested by some passage in the book, we findon his covers no childish symbolism or mere label-ing, which have no decorative value. His bind-ings are generally ornamented with… … COBDEN-SAXDERSON BINDING. [From Bookbindings Old and New, Brander Matthews. Bypermission of Mr. Matthews and the Macmillan Company.] MODERN BINDINGS 211 points, stars, single leaves, and like ornamen-tation. The work of the Doves Bindery is all done byhand on leather tooled in gold. Every detail…
Writing · Printing · Paper industry · Bookbinding
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