ISBN: 9780712350549 - henry davis gift: a collection of bookbindings (catalogue of south european bindings) (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2010 British Library edition. Large format hardback. Illustrated. 528 pages. Very good copy. (All proceeds go to Dorothy House Hospice, a UK charity providing care to people in our community who are approaching death.) B:21024006 (B 10/2026.).

First edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 528 p.: 472 ill.; 27 cm. Notes:Includes indexes. Subjects: Fine bindings Europe, Southern; Catalogs.Bookbinding; Catalogs.Other names: Foot, Mirjam.Genre: Catalogue. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 528 p.: 472 ill.; 27 cm. Notes:Includes indexes. Subjects: Fine bindings Europe, Southern; Catalogs.Bookbinding; Catalogs.Other names: Foot, Mirjam.Genre: Catalogue. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Cloth, 8vo, 28 cm, 527 pp, ills. An excellent catalogue, covering 222 French bindings, 157 Italian, 14 Spanish, and 30 others. Each binding is illustrated and described (generally including structure as well as decoration), and the catalogue entries also provide details of provenance, references to earlier mentions of the binding in print, and to relevant more general accounts, identifications of bindings on which the same tool has been used, other bindings that might usefully be compared, and sometimes miscellaneous notes. From a review by Anthony Hobson: "Mirjam Foot has now completed the work in fine style. Her eye is as sharp as ever in recognizing tools and her mastery of the very extensive literature is highly impressive. " Covers a little fingersoiled, a trifle bumped at the head of the spine, otherwise Near Fine.…

Cloth, 8vo, 28 cm, 527 pp, ills. An excellent catalogue, covering 222 French bindings, 157 Italian, 14 Spanish, and 30 others. Each binding is illustrated and described (generally including structure as well as decoration), and the catalogue entries also provide details of provenance, references to earlier mentions of the binding in print, and to relevant more general accounts, identifications of bindings on which the same tool has been used, other bindings that might usefully be compared, and sometimes miscellaneous notes. From a review by Anthony Hobson: "Mirjam Foot has now completed the work in fine style. Her eye is as sharp as ever in recognizing tools and her mastery of the very extensive literature is highly impressive. " As New.…