{"product_id":"remarkable-bindings-in-the-british-museum-selected-for-their-beauty-or-historic-interest-paperback-9781108021517","title":"Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum; Selected for their Beauty or Historic Interest (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108021517","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRemarkable Bindings in the British Museum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected for their Beauty or Historic Interest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA beautifully illustrated work on the history of bookbinding, chiefly in the British Museum library, first published in 1889.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHenry Benjamin Wheatley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108021517, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 October 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 73 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 1.8 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHenry Benjamin Wheatley (1838–1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics, and this volume contains two works on bookbinding, Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum (1889) and Bookbinding Considered as a Fine Art, Mechanical Art and Manufacture (1882). The former contains descriptions and illustrations of 62 examples of bookbinding then in the British Museum library, notable as beautiful examples from different countries and periods, or different materials, or for their historic interest. The second piece was a paper read to the Society of Arts in 1880. It outlines the history of bookbinding styles in different countries, and then discusses it both as an art form and from a practical point of view, with illustrations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Bindings in ivory, metal, enamel, painting\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bindings in leather\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bindings in embroidered silk and velvet\u003cbr\u003e 4. Italian and German bindings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 5. French bindings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 6. English bindings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 7. English and French bindings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e Early history of bookbinding\u003cbr\u003e Binding in Germany and the Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e Binding in Italy\u003cbr\u003e Binding in France\u003cbr\u003e Binding in England\u003cbr\u003e Binding as a fine art\u003cbr\u003e Binding as a mechanical art\u003cbr\u003e Binding as a manufacture\u003cbr\u003e Practical points connected with binding\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Discussion\u003cbr\u003e Catalogue of specimens of binding lent for exhibition\u003cbr\u003e List of engravings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265954730264,"sku":"9781108021517","price":36.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108021517i_52927b6f-89b5-4a2c-a04b-15eeaf2b8a2d.jpg?v=1694869666","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/remarkable-bindings-in-the-british-museum-selected-for-their-beauty-or-historic-interest-paperback-9781108021517","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}