cloth
1987 · Wiesbaden
by Schmidt-Kunsemuller, Friedrick-Adolf
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1987. cloth. Bookbinding. tall 8vo. cloth. xviii, 511 pages. The best bibliography of the literature of bookbinding published to-date. A total of 8,033 entries are given in sections of related topics. These sections cover bibliography, terminology, method, aesthetics, general history, information on specific binders and binding historians, and sections of information divided by countries concerned based on chronological periods. With four indices at the back to help the reader: author, binder, collector, place name, and type of binding. (Inventory #: 38872)