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New York: Morgan Library and Oxford University Press, 1979. Book. Illus. by tipped in color frontispiece and numerous black/white full page bindings. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A fine copy with no edgewear, printed by the esteemed Steinhour Press in Vermont. .

New York & London: The Pierpont Morgan Library and Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardback. Approx. 310mm x 230mm. xxvii, 338pp. Publisher's original red cloth binding with contrasting black panel to spine printed gilt. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This book traces the history of bookbinding, form its beginnings to the end of the sixteenth century, through detailed consideration of one hundred important examples in The Pierpont Morgan Library. An introductory essay discusses the origin of the craft in the early Christian centuries; another discusses the mediaeval ecclesiastical tradition of "treasure" bindings, bookcovers of gold, silver, ivory, gems, enamel and other precious materials; a third surveys the development of leather bindings in early mediaeval Europe. Included are a group of important Coptic bindings, one of which is among the earliest intact bindings to have survived; ten mediaeval treasure bindings; and an extensive series of late fifteenth and… Read More

Pierpoint Morgan Library, 1979. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine copy First Edition In Soft Paper . Excellent Reference on Fine Bindings..

New York : Pierpont Morgan Library : Oxford University Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxvii, 338 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm. Subjects: Bookbinding, Medieval History. Bookbinding, Renaissance History. Books Europe History 400-1450. Books Europe History 1450-1600. Genre: History. Language: English.