Author : Stuart Bennett
Release : 2004
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660-1800 by : Stuart Bennett
Download or read book Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660-1800 written by Stuart Bennett. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stuart Bennett's landmark study is the first illustrated guide to a complex and controversial subject. In 1930, in The Evolution of Publishers' Binding Styles, Michael Sadleir declared that "the bookseller-publisher of the decades from 1730 to 1770 issued his books either in loose quires, or stitched, or at most in a plain paper wrapper." This view is still generally accepted. Bennett, however, presents new documentary and visual evidence that books were predominantly sold ready-bound in sheep, calf, and goat as well as boards and wrappers. Over two hundred color illustrations show what these bindings looked like, and how their styles evolved."--BOOK JACKET.