A short history of bookbinding and a glossary of styles and terms used in binding, with a brief account of the celebrated binders and patrons of bookbinding from whom the various styles are named, description of leathers, etc.

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Zaehnsdorf (Firm). firm, bookbinders, London. (1895.J. Zaehnsdorf)
Contributors: Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1895.
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Notes:Largely from J.W. Zaehnsdorf's Art of bookbinding, 1880.

Description and advertisement of the Zaehnsdorf shops: p. [29]-37.

Physical description: 37 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

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