THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

UZANNE, Octave. THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1904. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. 133 (1) pages, 20 plat First edition. One of 250 copies. [Mejer, 614; Brenni, 605]. Illustrated with six wash drawings by Paul Avril, fourteen facsimile binders' labels and twenty photographs of bookbindings. Divided into five chapters; t origin, first attempts at a decorative renaissance, the master binders, price tools, raw materials and a special chapter on the use of silk, embroidery, spangles, etc. as decoration. Very good.