English Embossed Bindings 1825-1850

Klappentext Mrs Jamieson studies the social and technological conditions which made possible the mass-production of handsomely bound books. Zusammenfassung The decorative art of embossed book binding was a small but significant facet of the Gothic Revival. Mrs Jamieson studies the social and technological conditions which made possible the mass-production of handsomely bound books and analyses recurrent motifs and styles of binding of a number of books produced in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; 1. The Gothic Background; 2. Social setting; 3. Embossing - origins and process; 4. Styles of embossed bindings; 5. Embossing machines; 6. Materials and methods of covering; Catalogue of embossed bindings; Appendices; Select bibliography; Plates.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanore Jamieson
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521096935
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09693-5
• Series: Wiles Lectures
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics