The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. An Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Descriptions largely

by Howard M. Nixon by Bookbinding

$125 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

106 fine plates. Large 4to, orig. stiff wrappers. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1957.This superb work stands as the best general survey of binding styles. The annotations and references are very informative. Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, p. 25­- the great American loan exhibition.

• Binding: Wrappers

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