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FINE BOOKBINDING: A TECHNICAL GUIDE
Lindsay, Jen
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The purpose of this book is to guide the reader through the sequence of operations involved in creating a book bound in leather, or a "fine binding." The author defines a fine binding as a book fully covered in leather, with leather-jointed endpapers, gilt edges, and leather doublures. Although a basic knowledge of bookbinding terms and techniques is assumed, this book is meant for both novice and experienced bookmakers.
The book is intended to be used as an active guide during the process of fine binding. It is arranged into sixteen sections, listing the sequence of operations, beginning with preliminary work and ending with preparing and putting in leather doublures. Each section includes appropriately numbered instructions allowing the user to find his or her place in the sequence of operations with a reference for what step is next. There are also numbered explanatory sections that include a rationale (why you do it) and technique (how you do it). The work includes close to 300 black and white illustrations, four appendices, and a bibliography.
Jen Lindsay is a bookbinder with extensive experience in teaching, lecturing, and writing on bookbinding and the history of the book. She first studied bookbinding at Camberwell School of Art and Crafts, London (1977-1979), and then worked as a freelance bookbinder. She was a bookbinding tutor and Program Convener for the BA Bookbinding and BA Calligraphy programs at Roehampton Institute, West London (1983-2001) and then bookbinding tutor at The City Literary Institute, London (2001-2005).
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VOYAGES DE M. LE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX DANS L'AMÉRIQUE SE...
by Chastellux, François-Jean de
First authorized edition, enlarged. (Sabin 12227; Howes C324; Monaghan 1533). Text in French. Chastellux (1734-88) was a French officer who served in the French forces in the United States under the command of Rochambeau, a liason officer between Rochambeau and Gen. George Washington. After the war, he wrote an account of his war service and travels in the new American republic upon the conclusion of hostilities. Volume One describes travels in New England and the mid-Atlantic; Volume Two in Virginia, from the Chesapeake Bay to Natural Bridge. He also describes meetings with Washington and Jefferson. Title page of Volume One inscribed by Ezra Stiles, Congregational minister and president of Yale. Foldout maps in each volume showing Chastellux's travels. Three foldout engravings of Natural Bridge in Virginia at end of Volume Two. Boards scuffed at corners and at spine. Front hinge of Volume One cracked.
Chastellux and Ezra Stiles were well acquainted. The two men dined together on October 9, 1780 "in a splendid manner on 35 Dishes." On October 18, 1780, Stiles wrote Chastellux explaining a new type of mill wheel, of which he drew a diagram. On November 3 of the same year, Stiles recommended Chastellux for membership in the Massachusetts Academy of Sciences. According to his diary, Stiles received the first edition of Voyages during the winter of 1786-7. Stiles received the second edition from Chastellux on May 7, 1787 accompanied by a letter. Stiles noted Chastellux's death in his diary entry dated February 27, 1789. (Ezra Stiles papers, microfilm at the Morris Library, University of Delaware, Letters, Reel 4) and The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL.D. 3 Volumes (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901), Vol. II, 473-9; Vol. III, 262, 345, Copies of letter and published diary entries laid in.
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