| Title:
|
REMARKABLE BINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
SELECTED FOR THEIR BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST |
| By: |
Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£37.99 |
| Our price: |
£36.09 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£1.90 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1108021514 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108021517 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
21 October, 2010 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries |
| Pages: |
340 |
| Description: |
A beautifully illustrated work on the history of bookbinding, chiefly in the British Museum library, first published in 1889. |
| Synopsis: |
Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838-1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics, and this volume contains two works on bookbinding, Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum (1889) and Bookbinding Considered as a Fine Art, Mechanical Art and Manufacture (1882). The former contains descriptions and illustrations of 62 examples of bookbinding then in the British Museum library, notable as beautiful examples from different countries and periods, or different materials, or for their historic interest. The second piece was a paper read to the Society of Arts in 1880. It outlines the history of bookbinding styles in different countries, and then discusses it both as an art form and from a practical point of view, with illustrations. |
| Illustrations: |
73 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |