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Reprint, 1st books in English on binding/marbling
Reprint, 1st books in English on binding/marbling
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Author: Middleton, Bernard C., editor
Title: The Whole Art of Bookbinding. The Whole Process of Marbling Paper
Place Published: Austin, TX
Publisher:W. Thomas Taylor
Date Published: 1987
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Reprinted from the original editions, with forewords to each text by Bernard C. Middleton. With twelve tipped-in specimens of marbled paper and notes by Richard J. Wolfe. Facsimile title pages. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards ruled and lettered in gilt on spine.



Reprints of the first book on bookbinding to be published in English, the "Oswestry 1811" and the first book in English on paper marbling. Bernard C. Middleton (1924-2019) was one of the foremost 20th century hand bookbinders in England, a historian of bookbinding, and a creator of facsimile bindings.

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