Traite de la Relieure des Livres. A Bilingual Treatise on Bookbinding Translated from the French by Claude Benaiteau With an Introduction by John P. Chalmers Edited by Elaine B. Smyth.

De Gauffecourt, Jean-Vincent Capronnier.

Published by W. Thomas Taylor, Austin, Texas. One of 40 leather-backed copies, of a total of 300 copies., 1987

About this Item

[Partial Colophon]: "Three hundred copies of this book have been printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor in Van Dijck types composed by Mackenzie-Harris. Forty copies are printed on Gampi Torinoko [paper] and are specially bound [this copy is one of the forty] [-]. The edition was bound by at the Jensen Bindery." 6 1/2 inches x 9 3/4 in., title-page printed in red and black; 130 pp. + colophon page, illustration. Texts in English and French. Maroon leather spine and sides, with a mounted, black leather and gilt title label on the spine, gray paste-paper over boards. English translation made from the 1763 French language edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-859270326

Bibliographic Details

Title: Traite de la Relieure des Livres. A ...

Publisher: W. Thomas Taylor, Austin, Texas. One of 40 leather-backed copies, of a total of 300 copies.

Publication Date: 1987

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition