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(BOOKBINDING.) Libri, Guglielmo. Monuments inédits ou peu connus, faisant partie du cabinet de Guillaume Libri, et qui se rapportent à l'histoire de l'ornementation chez différents peuples. 65 plates lithographed in color, gold, and silver, mostly of early bindings. Folio, 493x385 mm, contemporary 1/2 red morocco gilt, joints, spine ends and raised bands rubbed; scattered foxing, minor marginal tears in a few plates. London, 1864
Second edition, enlarged, of a work first published in 1862 on the history of book decoration illustrated by examples from Libri's collection, " . . . offering for the first time a considerable corpus for study and comparison"--Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, page 16.
