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Judging a Book by Its Cover


Illustration of Arming Press
 

From:  John Hannett, 1803-1893.   Bibliopegia; or, The Art of Bookbinding, in All Its Branches.  By John Andrews Arnett.  London: Richard Groombridge;  Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd;  Dublin: W. F. Wakeman; and New York: W. Jackson, 1835



Exhibition Index
  Introduction
   I Cloths: Embossed and Patterned
  II Vignettes
  III Traditional Designs
  IV Classical Motifs
  V Gift Books
 VI Coats of Arms
 VII Emblematic, Literal & Pictorial
 VIII  Wild West
  IX Travel Books
  X Plain, Not So Plain Words
 XI Designer Bindings,
End of the Century
 XII Gift Book Revived
XIII
 Selected Spines
   
 

 
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