DUTCH DECORATED BOOKBINDING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
3 parts in 4 volumes
- Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 2006.
- 8.25 x 11 inches
- hardcover, dust jacket
- 4000 pages
- ISBN: 9789061943693
Price: $1,750.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 103679
First edition. Fine in fine jackets.
This classic can be ranked among the well-known international standard works on the subject of bookbinding. Vol. I: General historical introduction; Noord Holland; Vol. IIa: Zuid Holland; Vol. IIb: Zeeland, Province of Utrecht, Friesland, Province of Groningen, Drente, Overijssel, Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg; Place unknown or irrelevant and Bindings in exceptional materials; Vol. III: Catalogue of bindings in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum; List of Bindings in other collections; Overview of Rubbings important for identification; Diagrams; Books referred to with abbreviated titles; Index to the text; Index to Catalogue and List. About 10,000 rubbings of tools and ornaments, black and white illustrations and a color section in each volume.














