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BROXBOURNE LIBRARY, STYLES AND DESIGNS OF BOOKBINDINGS FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Nixon, Howard M.
With an introduction by Albert Ehrman.

- London : Maggs Bros. 1956 - folio - quarter vellum over blue cloth, blue leather spine label, top edge gilt. - x, 251 pages. - ISBN none / Order Nr. 30302 - Price: $ 1,500.00

S-K 1045. Limited to 300 copies printed by Brooke Crutchley at the University Press, Cambridge (Brenni no.301). An extremely important book and one of the most important authored by Nixon. The 199 books are described in such detail by Nixon that the annotations constitute a history of binding. Each book is illustrated. The binding collection was put together to show the history of binding and hence as many different styles as possible were added to the collection. All but a few of the books described have not been described elsewhere. Rubbing of covers and spine label. Original prospectus loosely inserted. Scarce book.

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