English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 by David Pearson
This new book provides guidance on recognising and dating English bindings of the handpress period. It deals not only with the luxury end of the market (where so many binding studies have concentrated) but rather with the whole spectrum of binding options - the plain and middling as well as the fine. In addition to providing practical help in placing particular bindings within their time and place, the book encourages a new approach to historic bindings, concentrating not so much on binders and workshop attributions as on what a binding can tell us about previous owners and their approach to books. Well illustrated with over 200 photographs, it will be valued by librarians, book historians, booksellers, collectors and anyone who deals with early books.Les Beletsky is a zoology professor at a university and a professional wildlife biologist. Prior to authoring wildlife guides, he spent many years conducting field study on the ecology and behavior of birds, publishing numerous scientific reports and writing two books in the process. He is a frequent traveler to the Americas, Africa, and Australia. His fundamental outlook on life is that he would rather travel and visit new locations and exotic regions than do anything else. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington, USA.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780712348287 |
| ISBN 10 | 071234828X |
| Title | English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 |
| Author | David Pearson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | British Library Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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