Author Description

Describes each step in hand binding a book and explains the practical and aesthetic considerations that influenced these techniques. Shows how all of these processes changed over the 18th and 19th centuries due to mechanization, specialization within the trade, the vagaries of taste, the availability and cost of materials, and developments in printing, publishing, and book selling. Includes Canadian, European and American examples. 122 black and white illustrations. Revised and much expanded version of Two Centuries of Bookbinding: Materials and Techniques 1700-1900.