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"This celebrated book is a classic on the fine art and craft of restoring leather bookbinding. Middleton is one of Britain's pre-eminent practitioners and scholars on the subject. He writes with the rare insight of long practice and hard-won authority. Nowhere else can a student of this craft find clearer or more detailed explanations of the restorer's lore and science." "This is Middleton's fourth revised and expanded edition. This edition features a new, full-colour, identifying guide for show more leather and papers most likely found in bookbinding. The section on suppliers has been completely updated along with a comprehensive index." "This definitive work belongs on the shelf of every bibliophile, librarian, conservator, book restorer, and binder interested in this unique art form."--Jacket. show lessTags
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- The Restoration of Leather Bindings
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- There were many predecessors of the book as we know it today. The most common immediate ancestor of the modern book was the Roman volumen, which was derived from the Egyptian papyrus roll and the Greek biblion, ... (show all)and consisted simply of a roll of parchment of papyrus.
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