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ARNO WERNER, MASTER BOOKBINDER AN EXHIBITION AT THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY.

- Cambridge : The Houghton Library 1981 - large 8vo. - paper wrappers. - iv, 33 pages. - Order Nr. 5988 - Price: $ 20.00

S-K 7039. First edition. An excellent exhibition catalogue of this master bookbinder's work. Arno Werner was trained in Germany and his work reflects the German insistence on fine craftsmanship, the fundamental protective purpose of the binding, and the historical relevance of the binding to the book itself.

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