[Rarebooks] FS: Nineteenth-Century Book-Binding Manual

[John Howell]

Offered Today:

ARNETT, John Andrews [psuedonym for HANNETT, John] (1803-1893).  

Bibliopegia; or, The Art of Bookbinding in all its Branches.  With a New Introduction by Bernard C. Middleton.  

New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1980.  Series: Nineteenth-Century Book Arts & Printing History, No. 5.  

8vo.  7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.  xi, (vi), 212, 10, [4] pp.  Frontispiece, figures, glossary, index; text clean, unmarked.  Brown cloth, gilt spine; binding square and tight, some minor shelf wear.  Fine.  
$ 150
FACSIMILE REPRINT; first edition, 1835.  “This book provides an interesting insight into early nineteenth-century English binding practices.”  From Middleton’s Introduction.  It went through 6 editions up to 1869.  It was very popular, being issued at a time when English bookbinding was being rapidly industrialized, and no other manuals were available for those interested in the trade.  


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