[PDF.31cx] Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art

Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art

[PDF.oh07] Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art

Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand  P. J. M. Marks epub
Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand  P. J. M. Marks pdf download
Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand  P. J. M. Marks pdf file
Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand  P. J. M. Marks audiobook
Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand  P. J. M. Marks book review
Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand  P. J. M. Marks summary

 | #1984988 in Books |  Oak Knoll Press |  2011-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  11.00 x8.75 x1.00l,2.75 | File type: PDF | 192 pages

 | 

---

||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| This is the best book on the subject!|By Charles M. Marsteller|If you are looking for a beautiful book on the history of bookbinding, this is THE book for your library.

This book truly traces the Bookbinder's art, but for well over 1,000 years as it starts in the Anglo Saxon era.

One page each is devoted to a famous cover--and all the photographs are in co|About the Author|Philippa Marks is Curator of Western Bookbindings at The British Library. She has written two other books, both published by the British Library: Treasures in Focus: Decorated Papers (2007) and The British Library Guide to Bookbinding (1998).

Over 100 of the most beautiful bookbindings from the last 1000 years are showcased in this highly illustrated book that provides a world view of the development of the bookbinding craft. Arranged chronologically, these beautiful and often surprising works of art present a clear visual record of the progression of the craft through the ages. By juxtaposing bindings from different countries from the same period, differences and similarities, and the transfer of styles and ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art   |  P. J. M. Marks. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

Read Online Now