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The British Library guide to bookbinding : history and techniques /

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In The British Library Guide to Bookbinding, P.J.M. Marks introduces the history of the craft bookbinding trade in the west from the introduction of the codex to the twentieth century, explains how bookbindings are structured and made, and gives an overview of the development of decorative technique...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marks, P. J. M.
Corporate Author: British Library
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : British Library, 1998.
Series:British Library guides.
Subjects:
Bookbinding > History.
Bookbinding.
Bucheinband
Geschichte
Boekbinden.
Documentation, information science and librarianship.
Information science & librarianship
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The bookbinding trade
  • Forwarding
  • Finishing
  • The management of bindings collections.