Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Published by Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, first edition, 1992, 1992

0962925411 / 9780962925412

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Cloth, 4to, 32 cm, 271 pp, ills, plates. Contents include: Introduction by Anthony Hobson; CATALOGUE OF THE BINDINGS: Preface; 1 15th-Century Bindings on Incunabula; 2 English and German Bindings, 16th and Early 17th Centuries; 3 Bindings from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I ; 4 Panel-Stamp and Roll Decoration, 16th and 17th Centuries; 5 Bindings from the Reign of King James I to the Commonwealth; 6 Bindings from the Restoration; 7 Vellum Bindings, 16th and 17th Centuries ; 8 Embroidered and Velvet Bindings, 16th and 17th Centuries; 9 Five Centuries of Edge Decoration; 10 Furniture, Clasps, and Bosses, 15th - 18th Centuries; 11 Bindings from the Reign of Queen Anne to King George III; 12 Continental Renaissance and Baroque Bindings; 13 Celebrating Shakespeare in the 20th century; 14 English 19th- and 20th-Century Bindings; 15 American and Continental 19th- and 20th-Century Bindings; 16 Two 19th-Century Forgeries; 17 Miniature Bindings, 17th - 20th Centuries. Appendix: Manuscript Fragments in the Bindings; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography; Indexes: A. Binders, Binderies, and Types of Bindings; B. Places of Binding; C. Former Owners. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.…

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Title
Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Author
Bearman, F.A. ; Krivatsy, N. ; Mowery, J.F. ; Folger Shakespeare Library.
Publisher
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, first edition, 1992
Publication year
1992
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Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0962925411
ISBN 13
9780962925412
Edition
1st Edition
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