A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding - Containing full instructions in the different branches of forwarding,...
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Author: Nicholson, James B. (James Bartram),1820-1901
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Language: English
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A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

Dhs. 49.56 Dhs. 24.77

A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding

Dhs. 49.56 Dhs. 24.77
Author: Nicholson, James B. (James Bartram),1820-1901
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding - Containing full instructions in the different branches of forwarding, gilding, and finishing. Also, the art of marbling book-edges and paper.

SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF BOOKBINDING. The earliest records of Bookbinding that exist prove that the art has been practised for nearly two thousand years. In past ages, books were written on long scrolls of parchment or papyrus, and were rolled up and fastened with a thong which was made of coloured leather and often highly ornamented. These scrolls were usually attached to one, or, occasionally, two rollers of wood or ivory, or sometimes of gold, much as our large maps are now mounted, and the bosses at the end of the rollers were frequently highly decorated. This decoration may be called the first step toward Ornamental Art applied to the exterior of books. A learned Athenian, named Phillatius, to whom his countrymen erected a statue, at length found out a means of binding books with glue. The sheets of vellum or papyrus were gathered two or four [pg 10] together, sewn much in the same way as at the present day; and then, in order to preserve these sheets, there came, as a matter of course, a covering for the book. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55056
Author: Nicholson, James B. (James Bartram)
Release Date: Jul 6, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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