Bookbinding : its background and technique
Edith Diehl (Author), Paul E. Kennedy (Cover designer), Dover Publications, Inc (Publisher)
"Nearly one half of the encyclopedic volume is devoted to an overview of the historical development of bookbinding. The author shows how the codex form of the book became identified with the Christian era, how bookbinding became a craft and trade in the 15th century, and how the production and distribution of books shifted from the monasteries and universities to the illustrious printer-publishers of the 15th and 16th centuries. ... Edith Diehl then guides the reader through more than 400 profusely illustrated pages on the craft of hand bookbinding. She details and illustrates the steps involved in the nearly 30 necessary binding operations ..."--Page [4] of cover
Print Book, English, 1980
Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1980