Eloquent Witnesses: Bookbindings and Their History by FOOT, Mirjam M. (editor) - 2004

The Bibliographical Society - The British Library - Oak Knoll Press, 2004. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 328pp, colour frontis, 8pp colour plates, b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy. A collection of ten essays on Bookbindings. Contains : Bookbinding Research : Pitfalls, Possibilities And Needs By Mirjam M. Foot - Bookbindings, Their Depictions, Their Owners And Their Contents By Jan Storm Van Leeuwen - The Prize Is The Proof : Four Centuries Of Prize Books By Christian Coppens - English Centre-Piece Bookbindings, 1560-1640 By David Pearson - The Interpretation Of Bookbinding Structure : An Examination Of Sixteenth Century Bindings In The Ramey Collection In The Pierpoint Morgan Library By Nicholas Pickwoad - Around The Padeloup And Derome Workshops : Gold-Tooled Parisian Bindings Of The Eighteenth Century By Giles Barber - "A Magnificent And Bewildering Variety" : Irish Bookbinding In The Eighteenth Century By Mirjam M. Foot - Benjamin West, 1805-1883 By Esther Potter -… Read More

Oak Knoll Pr, 2004-06-30. Hardcover. Good.

London : Bibliographical Society; British Library ; Oak Knoll Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 328 p. : ill., ports ; 25cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Randeria, Phiroze. Bookbinding ; Conservation and restoration. Publishers and publishing. Bookbinding ; History.