Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum: Selected for Their Beauty or Historic Interest

by Henry B. Wheatley

Book Overview

Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838-1917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics, and this volume contains two works on bookbinding, Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum (1889) and Bookbinding Considered as a Fine Art, Mechanical Art and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108021514
• ISBN13: 9781108021517
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.7"