BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN GROLIER.
by [NIXON, Howard M. (Howard Millar), 1909-1983] :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1965. First edition. A full-scale catalogue of the 1965 loan exhibition, which apparently incorporated every known and genuine Grolier binding to be found in the British Isles. The 138 fully described and illustrated books are grouped under the headings of Italian bindings; the single velvet binding; early French bindings; Claude de Picques; bindings with no significant tools; the Cupid's Bow binder; other binderies, etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). xx,(76),[iv]pp. Coloured frontispiece, Plates A-K (tools) and I-CXXVIII (bindings). Original rexine gilt; mild spotting of top edge, but a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20791
- Title
- BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN GROLIER.
- Author
- [NIXON, Howard M. (Howard Millar), 1909-1983] :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1965.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Bookbinding, Bookbinders
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Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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- First Edition
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