Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century.

ISBN: 978 90 6194 369 3
Year: 2006
Size: Sm. folio
Binding: Cloth with full colour dustjacket.
Illustration: About 10.000 rubbings of tools and ornaments, black and white illustrations and a colour section in each volume.
Pages: Approx. 4000 pp

This classic can be ranked among the well-known international standard works on the subject of bookbinding.Vol. I: General historical introduction; Noord Holland; Vol. IIa: Zuid Holland; Vol. IIb: Zeeland, Province of Utrecht, Friesland, Province of Groningen, Drente, Overijssel, Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Limburg; Place unknown or irrelevant and Bindings in exceptional materials;Vol. III: Catalogue of bindings in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum; List of Bindings in other collections; Overview of Rubbings important for identification; Diagrams; Books refered to with abbreviated titles; Index to the text; Index to Catalogue and List.