Historic Bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. With Reproductions of Twenty-four of the Finest Bindings
by BRASSINGTON (W. Salt)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1891. First edition, 4to (305 x 240mm), xliv, 64pp., 24 plates, some intermittent foxing, orig. quarter morocco, cloth boards lettered in gilt, edges spotted, t.e.g. The plates are arranged in chronological order. Each plate will be found to be described at length with historical notes, precise measurements, press marks, and titles or descriptions appended.
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- Forest Books (GB)
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- 35602
- Title
- Historic Bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. With Reproductions of Twenty-four of the Finest Bindings
- Author
- BRASSINGTON (W. Salt)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1891
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
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- Plate
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...