English Embossed Bindings 1825-50

by Jamieson, Eleanore
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ISBN: 9780521096935
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The decorative art of embossed book binding was a small but significant facet of the Gothic Revival. Mrs Jamieson studies the social and technological conditions which made possible the mass-production of handsomely bound books and analyses recurrent motifs and styles of binding of a number of books produced in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. She gives detailed bibliographical descriptions of sixty-two bindings, twenty-four of which are illustrated. The plates are reproduced by a fine screen letterpress process from rubbings made by the author.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Jamieson, Eleanore
  • ISBN: 9780521096935
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.61 x 0.27
  • Number Of Pages: 128
  • Publication Year: 1972
Language: English

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