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EARLY OXFORD BINDINGS.
Gibson, Strickland

- (Oxford) : Oxford University Press 1903 - 4to. - original cloth-backed boards. - (viii), 69 pages followed by 40 plates. - Order Nr. 98825 - Price: $ 185.00

First edition. (S-K 1960) A "contribution to the history of bookbinding at Oxford down to the period of the Civil War." This book is devoted to stamped and rolled bindings (to the exclusion of tooling). A chronological list of Oxford binders, ca 1180-1640, follows lists of rolled and stamped bindings. Also included is an extract from the Bodleian Day Books (1613-24) and Account Book (1613-76). Number Ten in the Illustrated Monographs Series issued by the Society. Illustrated. Endpapers foxed as usual.

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PRØVEBOG FRA FR. G. KNUDTZONS BOGTRYKKERI. Text in Danish. Type specimens from the Knudtzon printing house. Specimens of type faces, decorations, borders, etc. Some in color. Reference to year 1900 in text. 330 leaves, printed on recto only. Some leaves in color. Scuffing at edges and along spine, spine sunned, bumped at top front edge. Endpapers tanned, light foxing.