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Broxbourne Library : Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century

Broxbourne Library : Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century

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Broxbourne Library : Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century

by Nixon, H.M

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Maggs Bros., London, for the Broxbourne Library, first edition, 1956. Limited edition of 300 copies. Quarter vellum and cloth, leather spine-label, top edge gilt, folio, 35 cm,. ix, [1], 250, [1] pp, ills (some mounted, some colour). 119 entries. A selection of bindings from the famous library of Albert Ehrman. This is one of Howard Nixon's most important catalogues since it focusses on previously unpublished bindings and aims to describe and illustrate as wide as possible a selection of typical styles, so producing a history of taste and design in European bookbinding. Nixon provides a wealth of information which is not limited to the particular bindings described, but often relates them to examples in the British Library collection. Printed by Brooke Crutchley at the Cambridge University Press. An ex-library copy with an ink number to the foot of the spine, a perforated stamp to the upper fore-edge corner throughout the text-block, bookplate removed from front pastedown with some abrasion visible, otherwise clean and bright internally, apart from a few marks to front endpapers, the covers somewhat darkened and marked.

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Wykeham Books GB (GB)
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Title
Broxbourne Library : Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century
Author
Nixon, H.M
Format/Binding
Quarter vellum and cloth, leather spine-label, top edge gilt, folio, 35 cm,
Book Condition
Used - An ex-library copy with an ink number to the foot of the spine, a perforated stamp to the upper fore-edge corner throughout the
Edition
Limited edition of 300 copies
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Maggs Bros., London, for the Broxbourne Library, first edition, 1956
Date Published
1956
Pages
ix, [1], 250, [1] pp, ills (some mounted, some colour)
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Nixon, Howard M.; Ehrman, Albert Bookbinding

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Vellum
Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Folio
A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Top Edge Gilt
Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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