BOOKBINDING ANTIQUARIAN from

Gustav Fritzsche, Leipzig. 1878. Folio, 2 leaves of letterpress, 24 plates in colour lithography by Eschebach & Schaefer, orig. half-leather portfolio, spine torn covers rubbed, title mounted on and inside front cover. Includes designs by C.G. Aeckerlein of Leipzig, G. Heuser of Berlin, Joseph Zaehnsdorf in London. This extremely rare work was published in four parts.… Read more about this item

Cercle de la Librairie, de la Papeterie 1891. 11,[1]pp., presentation inscription from Gruel to Monsieur Wynants, tipped-in is a 2 page A.L.s. from Gruel to Wynants, 2 facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. quarter cloth, marbled sides, leather label to spine, uncut. From the library of Pierre Berès.

Charles Lefebvre, Bordeaux. 1873. Second enlarged edition, [iv]128pp., one of 115 numbered copies, extra-illustrated with 6 loosely inserted folding coloured plates of bindings, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. From the library of Pierre Berès.

Librairie Encyclopedique et Roret, Paris. 1831. Second Edition, revised and corrected, 12mo, [vi], viii, 286pp., with the bookplate of Léon Gruel, 3 large folding plates, cont. quarter calf, hinges cracked, marbled sides. This French binding manual forms part of the Encyclopaedia Roret and was first published in 1827. It has been frequently reprinted in many languages.… Read more about this item

The Century Co., New York. 1894. 3 Parts, 60-73;842-853;277-290pp., illustrs., in the text, disbound.

Elliot Stock. 1894. First Edition, small folio, xvi,277,[3]pp., one of 50 large paper copies, with the bookplate of A.B. Evers-Swindell, coloured frontis., 9 plates (of which 3 are coloured), 153 illustrs., in the text (20 coloured), floral endpapers, front inner hinge slightly shaken, orig. decorated cloth, gilt, half inch tear to upper hinge, uncut, t.e.g. Large… Read more about this item

Elliot Stock. 1894. First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 9 plates (of which 3 are coloured), 153 illustrs., in the text (20 coloured), orig. decorated cloth, spine gilt, uncut, t.e.g. A nice copy of this important book, covering the entire history of bookbinding up to the nineteenth century.