Foreign bookbindings in the British Museum :
illustrations of sixty-three examples selected on account of their beauty or historical interest with introduction and descriptions /
by William Younger Fletcher, F.S.A., late assistant keeper, Department of Printed Books, British Museum ; the plates printed in facsimile by W. Griggs, chromo-lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen.

Description

Corporate Author

British Museum. Department of Printed Books.

Related Names

Griggs, William, 1832-1911, printer of plates.
Fletcher, William Younger, 1830-1913.
Thomas & Archibald Constable (Firm)
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.

Language(s)

English

Published

Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty
London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company, Limited, 1896.

Subjects

British Museum.
British Museum > British Museum / Catalogs.
Bookbinding.
Bookbinding > Bookbinding / Facsimiles > Bookbinding / Facsimiles / Catalogs.
Photolithographs > Photolithographs / Great Britain > Photolithographs / Great Britain / 19th century.
Chromolithographs > Chromolithographs / Great Britain > Chromolithographs / Great Britain / 19th century.
Facsimiles.
Catalogs.

Note

"Intended to form a companion volume to English bookbinding in the British museum, published last year (1895)"--Page vii.
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
Initial letters and ornaments.
Title printed in black and red.

Physical Description

xxiv, 132 unnumbered pages, LXV leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 39 cm

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