Book production - Bookbinding - History

Lot Comprises:

William Salt Brassington, A history of the art of bookbinding with some account of the books of the ancients, New York, Macmillan, 1893, fol., publisher's brown cloth embossed to resemble cuir ciselé, head‐edge gilt

Henri Pene Du Bois, Historical Essay on the Art of Bookbinding, New York, Bradstreet Press, 1883, 4to., dark blue crushed Levant morocco signed by "S. David Rel. Dor.," multiple gilt fillets around corners and turn‐ins, spine with 5 bands, compartments with 3 gilt fillets around sides, marbled pastedowns and endleaves, head‐edge gilt

Herbert P. Horne, The Binding of Books: An Essay on the History of Gold‐Tooled Bindings, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1894, large 8vo., publisher's red cloth gilt

Sarah T. Prideaux, An historical sketch of bookbinding; with a chapter on early stamped bindings by E. Gordon Duff, London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, small 4to., green morocco, spine faded to brown, gilt dentelles, decorated endpapers, head‐edge gilt

Sold as a group, not subject to return.