For the Love of the Binding: Studies in Bookbinding History Presented to Mirjam Foot

Foot, Mirjam [Editor]; Pearson, David [Editor];

ISBN 10: 1584560355 / ISBN 13: 9781584560357

Published by British Library Board, 2000

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2000; London; blue cloth covered spine and teal paper covered boards with gold titles; covers contain rubbing and shelf wear; protected in slightly dirty Brodart-like dust jacket; outer edges contain spotting and foxing; interior pages are clean and unmarked; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; 378 pages; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: For the Love of the Binding: Studies in Bookbinding History Presented to Mirjam Foot
• Publisher: British Library Board
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584560355
• ISBN 13: 9781584560357
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 62 ounces

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Synopsis

Twenty-seven eminent scholars in manuscript and bookbinding studies, including colleagues and former students of Foote (Rare Book Collection, British Library), are the contributors to this impressive festschrift. Diverse aspects of the field are explored, although the place of origin of the majority of the bindings discussed is Britain. Among the topics included are: the incorporation of illuminated manuscripts in bindings, the use of medieval manuscript pages in publishers' wrappers in the 1920's, 16th-century incunabulae in a Brussels monastic library, tooling on bindings, Venetian bindings, and several essays on late 18th and 19th-century bindings and their makers. The quantity and quality of the figures and plates that accompany each essay help make this volume a valuable reference. It is co-published with the British Library. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)