English Blind Stamped
| AUTHOR | Oldham, J. Basil; Oldham, James B.; Oldham James, B. et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Routledge (03/01/1990) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
This book of the Sandar Lectures for 1949 confines itself to English blind-stamped bindings of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Oldham, an authority on his subject, here describes his methods of study, and accounts for many groups of bindings that may be attributed to particular craftsmen or binderies. Oldham's experience includes all important English collections, His book devises a method of ornament-classification and description and is illustrated by 61 plates. A study of the tools used on blind-stamped bindings in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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ISBN-13:
9780824040475
ISBN-10:
0824040473
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
138
Carton Quantity:
10
Product Dimensions:
8.70 x 0.60 x 10.90 inches
Weight:
1.35 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Reference | General
Reference | Library & Information Science - General
Reference | Book Printing & Binding
Dewey Decimal:
686.3
Library of Congress Control Number:
89-25719
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This book of the Sandar Lectures for 1949 confines itself to English blind-stamped bindings of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Oldham, an authority on his subject, here describes his methods of study, and accounts for many groups of bindings that may be attributed to particular craftsmen or binderies. Oldham's experience includes all important English collections, His book devises a method of ornament-classification and description and is illustrated by 61 plates. A study of the tools used on blind-stamped bindings in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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