The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg - An Account of His Life & Times, & of His CraftIn...
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The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

€6,26

The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

€6,26
Author: Ford, Thomas K.
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg - An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft

In October 1770 the inventory of the personal estate of Lord Botetourt, His Majestys Governor General of Virginia, contained a catalogue of books in the library at the Palace, made after his death by his executors. The shelves held over three hundred volumes. Today this library has been recreated by Colonial Williamsburg using the inventory list and other information on books in print at that time. The actual library of Lord Botetourt was sent back to Englandand was lost at sea. Much about the Governor can be deduced from the books he ownedplus a few he had borrowed and neglected to return. His interests ranged over the whole field of human knowledge, with particular emphasis on history, literature, law, and politics. However, it is not with the substance but with the form of these volumes in the renewed library that we are concerned. For us the important fact 2 is that, with a few exceptions, they are eighteenth-century books in eighteenth-century bindings. These are the five most noticeable characteristics of books bound in the eighteenth century in England or in Englands North American colonies. Standards of workmanship were on the whole higher in the mother country, but binders on both sides of the Atlantic used the same basic methods of bookmaking. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 57609
Author: Ford, Thomas K.
Release Date: Jul 30, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English

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