GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

Wolfe, Richard J.

Verlag: Richard J. Wolfe, Boston, 1991

Beschreibung

8vo. marbled paper over cloth-backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages, one folded plate. Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original Dutch text with translation on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather, paper, and silk, velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Four tipped in specimens of gilt stamping and four tipped in specimens of marbling help visualize some of the processes explained in the book. The gilded samples were struck at the Harcourt Bindery from 19th-century hand engraved brass stamps of American manufacture. Marbled paper samples and cover paper were made by Mr. Wolfe, who also executed the binding. marbled paper over cloth-backed boards.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 34250

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
• Verlag: Richard J. Wolfe, Boston
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
• Einband: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Bookbinding
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Papermaking
  • Bookbinding