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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 32

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Asia and Africa. The peculiar qualities of truemorocco are great firmness of texture with flexibility and agrained surface, of which there are varieties There are manyimitations of this leather. Glossary. 27 Mosaic.—.V design inlaid with different colours. Mottled Calf.—-Pale-coloured calf,… … original examples of binding. His inlaid bindings aretriumphs of art. Style.—Principally the Mosaic or inlaid style. Payne (Roger).—The most famous of all English binders.Born in 1739; died in 1797. His finest work was executedbetween the years 1770 and 1790. Most of his books werebound in dark…

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