An Historical Sketch of Bookbinding (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Matthews, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330073215 ISBN 13 : 9781330073216

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Trace the history of bookbinding, from humble leather covers to the ornate bindings that once showed a library’s wealth—and from craft guilds to the rise of printed books.

This concise study surveys how bindings evolved as books moved from handcrafted treasures to more rapidly produced works. It highlights materials, techniques, and regional styles that shaped the art across centuries, with examples drawn from early English bindings, notable inscriptions on bindings, and the shift after the invention of printing.

• How early materials and adornments defined bindings, including leather, deer-skin, and cheveril, and the shift to richer covers in velvet, satin, and silk.
• The role of gold thread, purl, plate, and lizzarding in decorative work, plus stitching styles like couching and laid embroidery.
• Key centers and influences, from English towns and monasteries to Dutch, French, and German practices, and notable surviving bindings.
• The transition after printing’s rise, splitting bindings into trade and private classes, and the ongoing craft of collecting and preserving these works.

Ideal for readers of book history, bibliophiles, and anyone curious about how the look and durability of old books reflect changing technology and taste.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of Bookbinding

The chiet part of the present was written as an Introduction to the Catalogue of the Exhibition of Bindings, held at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in the Summer of 1891.

In consequence of the growing interest in Binding it has been thought that an enlarged reprint of the Introduction might be useful to students, since information on the subject is only to be found scattered up and down expensive illustrated works, most of which are no longer obtainable.

In the Appendix will be found a detailed account of embroidered covers, metal ornaments and book-edge decoration which Messrs.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330073215
• ISBN 13: 9781330073216
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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