Prospectus for DUTCH DECORATED BOOKBINDING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Three parts bound in four volumes.
- Utrecht: Hes & De Graaf, 2006.
- large 4to.
- single sheet, folded twice
- ISBN: 9061943698
Price: $16.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 138830
NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. A fine copy. This new book is a significant contribution to Dutch book history. Parts I, IIA & IIB give an elaborate general historical picture, by province, of every town where luxury bindings were manufactured in the bookbinders' workshops and binderies. Part III is a catalogue of approximately 2000 relevant bindings in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, and about 1500 bindings in other collections. Nearly 10,000 stamps on the bindings are represented with detailed rubbing. In addition to the 10,000 rubbings, there are numerous black-and-white illustrations and a color section in each volume. The work has extensive indices on names and binderies.