Book Details

Book Reference:	23434
Author:	[CHURTON (Edward)]
Title:	The Hand-Book of Taste in Book-Binding.
Price:	£695.00
Year:
Description:	E. Churton. [1847]. First Edition, 31,[1 blank]pp., with the bookplate of Sarah Prideaux, 4 actual samples of marbled paper, with engraved illustrations of bookbinding tools in the text, cont. quarter green morocco by Stoakley, Late Hawes, vellum-tips, a nice copy. An extremely rare bookbinding item. The text looks at the lessons to be learnt from the art of the Egyptians, Greeks and Goths giving this little treaty on bookbinding a more unusual slant.
Subjects:	Antiquarian | Bookbinding