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A short history of bookbinding and a glossary of styles and terms used in binding, with a brief account of the celebrated binders and patrons of bookbinding from whom the various styles are named, description of leathers, etc (1895)

Zaehnsdorf (Firm), Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930 · London : Printed at the Chiswick press · leaf 30

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of his finest books. Style.—Interlaced bands of geometrical pattern, circles, etc.,with scrolls running through. Glossary. 25 Half-Bound.—When a volume is covered with leather uponthe back and corners, and the sides with paper or cloth. Headbander.—The person who works the fine silk orcotton… … Headbander. Law Calf.—Law books are usually bound in calf left wholl)^uncoloured. Le Gascon (1625).—Probably a workman of the Eves,who developed the Eve style of decoration. No documents-have ever confirmed the existence of a binder of that name.His name is probably a sobriquet referring to his…

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