Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 748 pages
- Published by: Dover Publications October 1, 1980
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0486240207
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486240206
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Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.4 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
Mammoth volume by one of the world's foremost practitioners. Both historical survey emphasizing decorated bindings, and eminently practical guide to hand bookbinding. 93 plates, 242 figures.
Reader ReviewsBeing a small publisher and bookbinder, I found this book very informative. It covers a wide view of bookbinding going back to the middle ages, right thru the 1950s. Edith Diehl has "been there" and knows all the ins and outs of bookbinding. At first some of the material may seem dated, but this is a manual for restoring books, using the same material and methods of the time period. Anyone who collects books should have this very well written and illustrated manual.