ONLY IN CLOTH, PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1830-1910.
Charlottesville(VA): The Book Arts Press, University of VA, 1998. 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 48 pages. An Exhibition from the Collection of Calvin P. Otto on Display in the Rotunda of the University of Virginia. Most of the design effort for the exteriors of trade books now goes into dust jackets or wrappers, but in the 19th century publisher's cloth was a new medium with aesthetic possibilities: special grains and textures, blind-..... READ MORE about ONLY IN CLOTH, PUBLISHERS' BOOKBINDINGS 1830-1910
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