Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
by Bearman, F.A. ; Krivatsy, N. ; Mowery, J.F. ; Folger Shakespeare Library
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0962925411
- ISBN 13
- 9780962925412
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About This Item
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, first edition, 1992. Cloth, 4to, 32 cm,. 271 pp, ills, plates. Contents include: Introduction by Anthony Hobson; CATALOGUE OF THE BINDINGS: Preface; 1 15th-Century Bindings on Incunabula; 2 English and German Bindings, 16th and Early 17th Centuries; 3 Bindings from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I ; 4 Panel-Stamp and Roll Decoration, 16th and 17th Centuries; 5 Bindings from the Reign of King James I to the Commonwealth; 6 Bindings from the Restoration; 7 Vellum Bindings, 16th and 17th Centuries ; 8 Embroidered and Velvet Bindings, 16th and 17th Centuries; 9 Five Centuries of Edge Decoration; 10 Furniture, Clasps, and Bosses, 15th - 18th Centuries; 11 Bindings from the Reign of Queen Anne to King George III; 12 Continental Renaissance and Baroque Bindings; 13 Celebrating Shakespeare in the 20th century; 14 English 19th- and 20th-Century Bindings; 15 American and Continental 19th- and 20th-Century Bindings; 16 Two 19th-Century Forgeries; 17 Miniature Bindings, 17th - 20th Centuries. Appendix: Manuscript Fragments in the Bindings; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography; Indexes: A. Binders, Binderies, and Types of Bindings; B. Places of Binding; C. Former Owners. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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- Title
- Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
- Author
- Bearman, F.A. ; Krivatsy, N. ; Mowery, J.F. ; Folger Shakespeare Library
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 4to, 32 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0962925411
- ISBN 13
- 9780962925412
- Publisher
- Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, first edition, 1992
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Dc
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 271 pp, ills, plates
- Keywords
- Fine bindings Washington (D.C.) Exhibitions. Bookbinding History Exhibitions. Folger Shakespeare Library Exhibitions. Bearman, Frederick A. Krivatsy, Nati Mowery, John Franklin Folger Shakespeare Library., 0962925411
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- Cloth
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