An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the Ancients With a History of the Art of Bookbinding, from the Times of the Greeks and Romans to the Present Day
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I ON THE RECORDS AND WRITINGS OF THE EARLIEST PEOPLE; THEIR FORM, AND METHOD OF PRESERVATION
- CHAPTER II BOOKS FROM THEIR FIRST KNOWN FORM, AND BOOKBINDING IN THE TIMES OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
- CHAPTER III MONASTIC AND OTHER BINDINGS UP TO THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
- CHAPTER IV ENGLISH BINDING AND BINDERS, FROM THE INVENTION OP PRINTING TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, MORE PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO MATERIALS AND FINISH
- CHAPTER V ENGLISH BINDING AND BINDERS, FROM THE INVENTION OF PRINTING TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, IN REFERENCE TO THE STYLES OP WORKMANSHIP, AND SOME OTHER INCIDENTAL PECULIARITIES
- VI FOREIGN BINDING AND BINDERS, FROM THE INVENTION OF PRINTING, TO THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN BOOKBINDING
- VII MODERN BOOKBINDING
- VIII FOREIGN BINDINGS POSSESSING PECULIARITIES NOT BEFORE DESCRIBED
- IX SKETCHES AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF BINDERS, AMATEUR PROFESSORS, AND OTHERS, CONNECTED WITH THE ART
- INDEX
- Plate section
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I ON THE RECORDS AND WRITINGS OF THE EARLIEST PEOPLE; THEIR FORM, AND METHOD OF PRESERVATION
- CHAPTER II BOOKS FROM THEIR FIRST KNOWN FORM, AND BOOKBINDING IN THE TIMES OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
- CHAPTER III MONASTIC AND OTHER BINDINGS UP TO THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
- CHAPTER IV ENGLISH BINDING AND BINDERS, FROM THE INVENTION OP PRINTING TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, MORE PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO MATERIALS AND FINISH
- CHAPTER V ENGLISH BINDING AND BINDERS, FROM THE INVENTION OF PRINTING TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, IN REFERENCE TO THE STYLES OP WORKMANSHIP, AND SOME OTHER INCIDENTAL PECULIARITIES
- VI FOREIGN BINDING AND BINDERS, FROM THE INVENTION OF PRINTING, TO THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN BOOKBINDING
- VII MODERN BOOKBINDING
- VIII FOREIGN BINDINGS POSSESSING PECULIARITIES NOT BEFORE DESCRIBED
- IX SKETCHES AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF BINDERS, AMATEUR PROFESSORS, AND OTHERS, CONNECTED WITH THE ART
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Books of the AncientsWith a History of the Art of Bookbinding, from the Times of the Greeks and Romans to the Present DayPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1837