Times Telescope

$1,200 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. Late Georgian almanac in a terrific early publisher's muslin binding with printed text and a wood-engraved centerpiece. Very good. Item #51467 Cloth is a relatively recent addition to the art of bookbinding in Western book history. London publisher William Pickering and his binder Archibald Leighton are credited with developing the publisher's cloth binding in 1820 or '21, using

• Binding: Hardcover

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