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ZAEHNSDORF
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144-146,

Short History ot Bookbinding.

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Short

History of Bookbinding
AND A

GLOSSARY OF STYLES AND TERMS

USED
IN

BINDING

WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF

THE CELEBRATED BINDERS AND PATRONS

OF BOOKBINDING FROM

WHOM THE
OF

VARIOUS STYLES ARE NAMED,

DESCRIPTION
LEATHERS,
Etc.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF BOOKBINDING.

;

GO K BINDING carries

us back to the

time when leaden tablets with inscribed

hieroglyphics were fastened together with
rings,

which formed what to us would

be the binding of the volumes.

further back,

We might

go even

still

when

tiles

of baked clay with cuneiform

characters were incased one within the other, so that

if

the cover of one were broken or otherwise

still

damaged
;

there

remained another, and yet another covering

by which care history has been handed down from

generation to generation.

The

binding

in

the former

would consist of the rings which

tablets together,

bound the leaden

and

in

the latter, the simple covering

formed the binding which preserved the contents.

We

pass on from these, and

strips

make another
in

pause,

when vellum

were attached together

one conreader

tinuous length with a roller at each end.

The

156

Short History
rarity,
in a

unrolled the one, and rolled the other as he perused the

work.

Books, prized either for their

sacred

character, or costliness,

would be kept

round box

or case, so that the appearance of a library in Ancient

Jerusalem would seem as

canisters.

if

it

were a collection of

The

next step was the fastening of separate

leaves together, thus

making a back, and covering the

in a

whole as a protection

most simple form

the only

object being to keep the several leaves in connected

sequence.

believe the

most ancient form of books

be found
in the sacred

formed of separate

leaves, will

books of Ceylon, which were formed of palm leaves

written

on with a metal

style,

and the binding was

a silken string tied through one end so loosely as to

admit of each leaf being

over.

laid

down

flat

when turned
on animal
into use,

When

the

mode
at

of preserving

MS.
piece

membrane
the

or vellum in separate leaves

first

came

binding was

a simple

of
a

leather

wrapped

round

the

book

and

tied

with

thong.

These books were not kept on

laid flat

their edges, but

were

on shelves, and had small cedar tablets hangtitles

ing from them upon which their

were inscribed.

The

ordinary books for general use were fastened

strongly at the back, with

wooden boards

for the sides,

and simply a piece of leather up the back.

In the sixth century, bookbinding had already taken
its

place as an " Art,

'

for

we have the

"

Byzantine

OF Bookbinding.
coatings," as they are called.

They

are of metal, gold,

siKer or copper

gilt,

and sometimes they are enriched

with precious stones.

The monks,

during this century,

took adxantage of the immense thickness of the wooden

boards and

frequently hollowed

them out

to

secrete

their relics in the cavities.

Bookbinding was then con-

fined entirely to the monks,

who were
and

the literati of
for

the

period.

Then

the

art

was neglected

some

centuries,

owing

to the plunder

pillage that over-

ran Europe, and books were destroyed to get at the jewels that were supposed to be hidden in the different
parts of the covering, so that iow

now remain

to

show

how bookbinding was

extent.

then accomplished, and to what

We

pass on to the middle ages,

when samples

of

binding were brought from the East by the crusaders,

and these may well be prized by

delicacy of finish.

their

owners
still

for their

The

monks, who

held the art

of bookbinding in their hands,

improved upon these

to a

Eastern specimens.
different

Each one devoted himself

planed the oaken

branch

one

boards to a
with the

proper
leather
it is
;

size,

another stretched

and

co\'ered

the work was thus divided into branches, as

now.

The

task was one of great difficulty, seeing

how rude were

In

the implements then in use.

many

of our Cathedral towns, notabl}to

Durham

and Winchester, there are

be found examples of

Short History
in

binding executed

England

in

the twelfth centun-,

and these examples show great beauty of design and

execution.

The

art of printing

gave new

life

to our trade, and,

during the fifteenth century, bookbinding

made

great

progress on account of the greater facility and cheapness with which books were

produced.

The

printer
in

was then

his

own binder

but as books increased

number, bookbinding became a separate trade of

itself.

The

art

improved so much, that

finest

in

the sixteenth century

some of the
cuted.

samples of bookbinding w^ere exeintroduced,

Morocco having been

cut,

and

fine

delicate tools
families,

the

art

was encouraged by great

who, liking the Venetian patterns, had their

in

books bound
will give

that

style.

The annexed woodcut

During
this

a fair idea of a Venetian tool.

period
in

the

French had bookbinding almost

and Grolier,^ who loved the
his

entirely
art,

their hands,

had
the

his

books bound under

own

supervision

in

most costly manner.

His designs consisted

of bold

gold lines arranged geometrically with great accuracy,

crossing one another and intermixed with small leaves
or sprays.

These were

in

outlines
lines.

shaded or

filled

up with closely \\orked cross

^

Not, however,

In nearly

all Groliei-'s

books the motto

" lo. Grolierii et amicois

rum," or "

Mei

Grolierii

Lugdunens

et

amicoruin,"

j^enerally

found lettered on the covers.

OF Bookbind'inCx.
satisfied

9
he
enibelhshed
black,

with

these

simple

traceries,

them

still

more by staining or painting them

and even with
silver,

green, red,

so that they

formed

bands interlacing each other

I

in a

most graceful manner.

It will

give in illustration a centre block of Grolier.

be seen
tools are

how

these lines

entwine, and how the small

If the

shaded with

lines.

reader has had

Vknetian.
fortune to see one of these specimens, has
at

the good

he not wondered

the

taste

displayed

To

the

French must certainly be given the honour of bringing the art to such perfection.

Francis

I.

and the

succeeding monarchs, with the French nobility, placed

the art on such a high eminence, that even

now we

are compelled to look to these great masterpieces as

models of

style.

Not

onl)'

was the exterior elaborate

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in

A Short

History

ornamentj but the edges were gilded and tooled,

and even painted.

There
style

is

little

doubt that the

as

first

examples of the
in

now known
designs

"Grolier" were produced

in

Venice,

under the eye of Grolier himself,

his

accordance with
in

own

but the

workmen

France soon
1

rivalled

and excelled the early attempts.

he work

Grolier.

of Maioli
plicity

may

be distinctly traced by the bold simhis designs

lines
;

and purity of

and more especially

by the broader gold

which margin the coloured

bands of geometric and arabesque ornamentation.

All books,
in so costly a
it

must be understood, were not bound

for

manner,

we

find pigskin, vellum

and

calf in

use.

The
its

latter

was especially preferred on

account of

peculiar softness,

smooth

surface,

and

OF Bookbinding.
great aptitude
blind tooling.
for
It
receivint^-

it

impressions of

dumb

or

was only towards the

latter part of

the sixteenth century that the English binders began

to

employ

delicate or fine tooling.

The most famous

binders of the sixteenth century

were the Eves (Nicholas and Ciovis).

Their names

are associated with the libraries of Marguerite de Valois

and Catherine de Medicis.

\vork
is

The

style

of the

Eve
being

geometrical

shaped

compartments
the
centres

linked

together
filled

with

interlaced
floral

circles,

with small

ornaments.

During the seventeenth century the names of

Sueil and

Du
dis-

Le Gascon were known

for

the

delicacy

and extreme minuteness of

their finishing.

Not

daining the bindings of the Italian school, they took

from them new ideas were bold,

the

for whilst the Grolier bindings

Du

Sueil and

Le Gascon more
design,

re-

sembled

fine

lace

work of

intricate

with har-

monizing flowers and other objects,

obtain
this

from which we

a great variety of artistic

character.

During
in

period

embroidered

velvet

was

much

use.

Then a change took

which by some would

place,

and a style was adopted

be preferred to the gorgeous

century.

bindings of the sixteenth

The

sides

were edge

finished quite plainly with only a line round the

of the boards (and in

some

instances not even that)

in

with a coat of arms or some badge

the centre.

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A
Towards

Short History

the end of the seventeenth century book-

binding began to improve, particularly with regard to

forwarding.

The

joints

were true and square, and the

freely.

back was made to open more

In the eighteenth

century the names of Derome, Roger Payne, and others

are prominent as masters of the craft,
style

and the Harleian

was introduced.
style
is

The Derome
simplicity and

remarkable

for

the extreme

yet the

symmetry

of the

design

its

characteristic feature being the boldness of the corners

and the gradual diminishing of the

nears the centre of the panel.

scroll

work
calf

as

it

Morocco and

were

the leathers used for this binding.

Hand-coloured

calf

was

at this period at its height,

and the Cambridge

one of the various
of
all

calf

may

be named as a pattern of
is

styles,

and one that

approved

by many

at the present

day

its

the calf was sprinkled

over, save a square

panel

left

uncoloured

in

the

centre of the boards.

The

Harleian style took

It

name from Harley,

Earl of Oxford.

was red morocco with a broad

tooled border and centre panels.

of various masters

We

have the names

who

carried the art forward to great

excellence during this century.

dict,

Baumgarten and Benein

two Germans of considerable note

fine

London
sent out,

Mackinly, from whose house

work was
were

and

by

whom good workmen

trained

whose

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specimens
almost
equal
other
the

13
their

work

of

master.

There

were

two
each
is

Germans,
his

Kalthoeber
peculiar
first

and
style.

Staggemeier,

having
with

own

Kalthoeber
painting
it

credited

having
I

introduced
dispute,
as

on

the
in

edges.

This

must

was done
must

the sixteenth century.

To
credit

him, howof having

it

ever,

certainly

be given
if

the

discovered the secret,

his best

ever

lost,

and renewing

on

work.

We

now come

to

Roger Payne, who

lived during the latter part of the eighteenth century.

Roger Payne.

His

taste

may

be

seen

from

the

woodcut.

He

generally

used small tools^ and

by combining them

formed a variety of beautiful designs.

he cut

We
either

are told

most

of

these

tools

himself,

because
skill,

he could not find a tool cutter of sufficient

that he found
it

or

difficult

to

pay the
recklessly

cost
;

also that

he drank much
standing
all his

and

lived

but

notwithto be

irregular habits, his

name ought

respected for the work he executed.

firm,

His backs were

and he introduced

and

his

forwarding excellent

a class of finishing that

was always

in

accordance with

the character or subject of the book.

His only

fault

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A Short
end papers.

History of Bookbinding.
colovired

was the peculiar

his

paper with which he made

Coloured or fancy calf has now taken the place of

the hand-coloured.
so

Cloth (publishers' work) has come

branch of the trade alone

much

into use, that this

monopolizes nearly three-fourths of the workmen and

females employed
stitutes for leather
in

bookbinding.

Many

other sub-

have been introduced, and a number

;

of imitations of morocco and calf are in the market

this,

with

the use of machinery, has

it

made

so great a

revolution in the trade, that

distinct branches
I

is

now

divided into two

cloth

work and extra work.

have

in

the foregoing remarks

of

named

the most
are
re-

famous

artists

past

days

men whose works

imitation.
I

most worthy
frained

of

study

and

have

from any notice or

;

criticism

of the

work of

my

contemporaries
of

but

ma)' venture to assure the

as

lover

good bookbinding that

finish,

good and sound

be obtained
in

work,

and as careful
house
in

may
any

first-rate

London

as in

city in the world.

Fivm

''Art of Bookbinding" {Zaehnsdorf).

Published by

Bell

and

Sons, York Street, Covent Garden.

GLOSSARY OF STYLES AND TERMS USED IN BINDING,

WIJH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATED BINDERS AND PATRONS OF BOOKBINDING FROM WHOiM THE VARIOUS STYLES ARE NAMED, DESCRIPTION
OF LEATHERS, ETC/

GLOSSARY.
.LDINE
or Italian.

Ornaments

of solid face

without any shading whatever, such as used by

Aldus and other early Italian

printers.

The

orna-

ments are of Arabic character.

Aldus: Aldus Manutius,

and
at

1547-1597.

An

Italian

printer

classical scholar,

and founder of the famous Aldine Press

Venice.

His device consisted of a dolphin and anchor, and

outlined in gold and
in

the motto " Festina Lente."

Azured Tooling. Ornamentation

heraldry.

crossed by horizontal lines in the manner of indicating azure

Backing.
and
at the

The

process of gradual

hammering

the back of

the sheets for the purpose of securing the rounding of the back,

same time

to

form the grooves

at

each side of book

for the

boards to

rest in.

Blind Tooling.
but ungilded.

Ornamentation impressed Bookbinding (Eng. book; binding). "The

fastening

into the leather

art of stitching

or otherwise

together and covering the .sheets

'i"he

of

paper or similar material composing a book.

edge of a

modern book constituted by the margin of the paper composing

it is

called the

'

binding-edge.'

i8
"
'

Glossary.
When
'

books were
them,
if it

literal

'

volumes

'

or

rolls,

the

way of

binding

could be so called, or at least of keeping

them

together, as

was
it

to unroll

them from one cylinder and

roll

each again,

was perused, on another.

When
string
still

books

became separate

folios the first

method of dealing with them

passed
pile.

seems to have been the tying them together by a

through a hole at the margin of the
This
is

done

in

the south of India and Ceylon with writing on talipot or other

Backing.

palm

leaves.

The

holding together of folios of a literary man's

is

manuscript by a small clasp at one edge

device.

an essentially similar
to

The

present

method of binding seems

B.C.

have been

invented by or under Attains, King of Pergamus, or his son

Eumenes, about 200

about A.D. 650.
century
;

The

oldest

bound book known

St.

the binding was ornamental

is

the volume of

Cuthbert,

Ivory was used for book-covers in the eighth

oak

in the ninth.

The
Velvet,

'

Book
silk,

of Evangelists

'

on

which the English kings took

in

their coronation oath,

was bound

oak boards,

a.d.

iioo.

hogskin, and leather

Glossary.
were used as early as the
ing began in 1471;
1

19
;

fifteenth century

needlework bind-

vellum, stamped and ornamented, about

date,

510; leather about the same

and

calf in

1550.

Cloth

binding superseded the paper known in England as 'boards'

in

1823; indiarubber backs were introduced

"

in

1841, tortoise-

shell sides in 1856.

The

chief processes of bookbinding are the

;

following
;

folding the sheets

gathering the consecutive signatures

roU-

COLLATER.
ing the packs of folded sheets
;

sewing, after saw-cutting the

;

backs

for the cords

;

rounding the backs and glueing them

edge-cutting

binding, securing the

book

to the sides

covering

the sides and back with leather, muslin, or paper, as the case

may be
be
full

tooling

and

lettering

and

edge-gilding.

Books may

bound,
is,

i.e.,

with the back and sides leather, or half

bound, that
cloth."

with the back leather, and the sides paper or

E7icyclopcedic Didiotiary.

Buckram. Coarse

linen cloth stiffened with glue or

gum.

Largely used for inexpensive bindings.

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Calf.

Glossary.

Calf-skin prepared
Calf.

for

bookbinding.
calf of

Cambridge
tints,

Fine

and dark sprinkled

centre of sides.

two

a square panel being

left in

Cloth.

Stiffly

sized

and glazed

variety of cotton

cloth, for

usually coloured

and often decoratively embossed.

Used

the binding of books in an inexpensive form.

COVERERS.
Collater.
after the

One who examines

who

the sheets by the signatures

if

volume has been

folded, to ascertain

they be in

correct sequence.

Coverer.

One

prepares the book, and covers

same

in cloth, material, or leather.

Cutter-out.

The
A

person

who

cuts covers for books from

position, requiring

skins of leather.

responsible

a good

Glossary.
knowledge of leather and a quick eye
shades of colour.
to

21
detect flaws

and

Dentelle Border.
cuted with finely cut

style in imitation of lacework, exe-

tools.

Derome

(J.

A.).

Was
He

contemporary

with

Padeloup.

Nicholas Derome, called the younger (1761) gave to book-

binding a new

style.

was the most famous of

all

the

Cutter-out.
Deromes, and when we speak of Derome binding
to his
it is

generally

work we
art

allude.

His designs were no doubt influenced

by the

ironwork of the eighteenth century.

of a leafy character, with a

Style.

Ornaments

more

solid

face.

The ornaments

are often styled renaissance, being

an entire change from the Gascon.

exemplified in borders,

The Derome
design
;

is

best
in

Vandyke

in

it is

simple

construction, but rich in effect.

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Glossary.
(Jacques Auguste).

De Thou
bibliophile.

Statesman,

historian

and

He

was a distinguished patron of binders

at the

close of the sixteenth century.

President of the Parliament

under Henry IV.

Style.

Divinity Calf.

A development of the " fanfare Dark brown stained The

term
is

"

sprays of foliage.
calf

decorated with
in

blind stamping and without gilding.

So called because used

binding theological works.

Doublure.

used when the insides of covers

is

are lined with leather.

To

Badier

assigned the

first

use of

doublures (1703).

Du

Seuil (1673-1769).

Binder

to Louis

XV. and

other

distinguished patrons.
Style.

Fine

lacework of intricate design, with harmonizing

flowers.

End
Eve
IV.,

papers.

The

white or coloured leaves usually put

before and after the text of a book, one or more, in each place.

(Nicholas and Clovis).

of the sixteenth century.

The most famous binders They bound for Henry IH., Henry

Louis XIII., Marguerite de Valois, and other historic

collectors.
Style.

Various
filled

geometrical-shaped compartments linked

;

together by interlaced circles

the centres of the compart-

ments

with small

floral

ornaments, and the irregular

circular scrolls

spaces surrounding
of laurel

them with

and branches

and palm.
is

The

graceful ornamentation

known
with

as " fanfare "

attributed to the Eves.

Fanfare.
laurel

Small

and numerous and

spirals

alternated

and oak

in the branches,

filled

with seventeenth cen-

tury tools.

The name

of " fanfare " was given to this style of

work

in the last century,

when Charles Nodier had

Courvees Abbadesques
"

a volume

entitled " Les Fanfare et

bound

for

Glossary.
him by Thouvenir, and ever
in
it

23
employed

since the small tools

have gone by the name of " fanfares."

(Nicholas).

Ferrar
vent,

An

English theologian, who, in 1624,

retired to Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, established a con-

and taught the trade of bookbinding

to his family

and

the nuns.

He

died in 1637.

The nuns

of Little Gidding
silk

soon became quite famous for their embroidered

covers as well as their leather bindings.

book-

Finisher.
Fillet.

An engraved outline impressed on the back or side

The wheel-shaped
fillet."

of a book-cover.
is

tool with

which

this line

made

is

also called "

Finisher.

The workman
Finishing
is

who

receives the

volumes

after

they are covered in leather, and decorates same with ornaments

and

lettering.

the art of decorating the covers of

It

books with

different designs.

comprises the embellishment

of the covers either with blind work, or with gold, silver or

platina leaf, or by only a lettering

on the back of a book.

thing a binder has to

Folding.
a book.

Generally the

first

do with

The

sheets are laid

upon a

table with the signatures

24
(the letters or

Glossary.
numbers
that

one sees

at the foot of the first

page of each sheet when folded) facing downwards on the

left-hand side.

folding-stick

is

held in the right hand and

left,

the sheet

is

brought over from right to

the folios being

carefully placed together.

Gaufre Edges.
finishers

Impressions

made

with the tools of the

on the

gilt

edges of a book.

Folder.

Gouge.
Grolier

A curved
(Jean).

line or

segment of a

circle

impressed upon
impressed.
:

the leather.

Also the instrument with which

it is

Born
many Duchy

at

Lyons, 1479
collectors,

died at Paris, 1565

one of the greatest of private

resided in Italy for

and a patron of Aldus

ofifice

years,

where he held the

of

Treasurer of
Francis France.
I.

the

of

Milan under Louis XII. and

his

At the time of

death he was Treasurer of

He

was a great friend of

De Thou,

to

whom

he gave

many

of his finest books.

Style.

Interlaced bands of geometrical

pattern, circles, etc.,

with scrolls running through.

Glossary.
Half-Bound.

25

When a volume

is

covered with leather upon

the back and corners, and the sides with paper or cloth.

Headbander.
edge.

The

person
tail

who works
of the

the fine silk or

as a finish to the

cotton ornament at head or

book

Janseneste Style.
is

Entirely

plain

outside.

derived from Jansen, bishop of Ypres,

style is best suited for

The name who died in 1638.

The

morocco.

Headbander.

Law

Calf.

Law books are usually bound

(1625).

in calf left wholl)^

uncoloured.

Le Gascon
who developed
His name
is

Probably
style

workman

of the Eves',

the

Eve

of decoration.

No

documents-

have ever confirmed the existence of a binder of that name.

probably a sobriquet referring to his birthplace,,

but nothing
Style.

is

known

of

him apart from

is

his

superb bindings.

The distinguishing feature

dotted line ornament
is

the dotted face of the

solid line.
style
is

ornaments instead of the continuous or

ever

Whercalled

used the

Le Gascon.

26
Lining-up,
Maioli
phile,
i.e.,

Glossary.
glueing the back to receive the necessary

paper, linen, or soft leather before the final cover goes on.

(Thomas).

Was

distinguished

Italian

biblio-

contemporary with Grolier.

of Grolier

He

died about 1550.

The
in

bindings
character.
Style.

and Maioli were somewhat

similar

Frame

of shields or medallions, with a design of

LiNING-UP.
scroll-work flowing

through

it.

Portions of the design

dots.

are sometimes studded with gold

Morocco. Leather made from

largely in the Levant,

goat-skin,

tanned

with

sumac, originally in the Barbary States, but afterwards very

and now produced

in

Europe from skins and a

imported from Asia and Africa.

The

peculiar qualities of true

flexibility

morocco are great firmness of texture with

grained surface, of which
imitations of this leather.

there are varieties

There are many

Glossary.
Mosaic. Mottled

27

.V

design inlaid with different colours.

Calf.

-Pale-coloured
family
of

calf,

decorated

.by

the

sprinkling of acids in drops.

Padeloup.
Michel

The

Padeloup were

famous

as

binders in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Antoine

Padeloup

(1685-1758)

executed

most elegant and

original

examples
art.

of

binding.

His

inlaid

bindings

are

triumphs of
Style.

Payne
Born
in

Principally the Mosaic or (Roger). The most famous

1739; died
in

inlaid style.

of

all

English binders.

1797.

His

finest

work was executed

his

between the years 1770 and 1790.

Most of

books were

bound

in

dark blue and red straight-grained morocco.

He was

illiterate

and uncouth, but his work was original and beautiful.

28
Style.

Glossary.

The

ornaments of
flower.

this style are free

and flowing

in

stem and

Before Payne's time they had been

is

stiff

and formal.

The honeysuckle
whether used

a favourite ornament.

The
with

impressions of the tools are usually studded round

gold dots,

in

borders,

corners,

or

centre pieces.

Petit
finishers.

Fers.

The

small

tools

used

for

decoration

by

Roan.
morocco.

Sheep-skin,

often

made and used

in

imitation of

Russia Leather.

A
First

fine leather

prepared in Russia (and

imitated elsewhere), by very careful willow-bark tanning, dyeing with sandal-wood, and soaking in birch
oil.

It

has a peculiar

and pleasant odour.

came

into use about 1730.

in

Seme

or

Powder.

Ornamentation
who

which the device

or devices are regularly repeated at intervals.

Sewer.
Tool.

The person The

sews the sheets together on the

sewing-press.

The

brass or iron implement on which

is

is

cut the

ornament or part of ornament which

impressed on the leather.

Tooling.

ornamentation obtained by pressing the

heated tool on the prepared leather.

Tree

Calf.

Bright

brown

calf stained with acids in con-

ventional imitation of the branches of a tree.

ZAEHNSDORF,
BOOKBINDER.
CAMBRIDGE WORKS,
144-146, Shaftesbury Avenue,

LONDON,
ESTABLISHED IN CATHERINE
ST.,

W.C.

STRAND,

1837.

Workshops.

Special Attention given to the Lettering of Foreign Books.

Hebrew, Greek, Sanskrit, and Eastern Books

lettered in appropriate type.

CAMBRIDGE WORKS,
144-146, Shaftesbury Avenue,

W.C.

^^^^ mS business
Wk

2uas established in the year

1837 at Catherine Street, Strand, and

afterwards
extended to

York

Street,

Covent Garden.

Owing

to

the increase

of trade in recent years,

inadeqtLate,

the premises in which the business zuas conducted

for over half a century proved

and

considerable inconvenience zuas caused by the office

and ivoi^ks being from each other.

In
shops have
beeii

in separate houses at

some distance

the nezu building, spacious, well-lighted workerected,

and a shozvroom on

the

ground floor

contains not only specimens of elabo-

rately decorated leather work, but cloth, half calf,

half morocco, and other bindings suitable for piiblic

and private

libraries.

Visitors have

an opportunity

31

of seeing a large
styles.

stock

of books bound in various

to

Special attention

is

ahcays give7i

extra bindings,
tised,

picked skins of Levant morocco being

worhnaiiship.

and

in

the designs artistic merit is claim.ed as well as

sound

In addition

to the

elaborately decorated leather

work

li'hich

fo7^ms an importafit branch

of the

business, bookbinding in cloth,

half calf and half

libraries
is

morocco, suitable

for public or private

undertaken.

Books are

also cased in the covers provided by the

publishers at p?^iccs as low as those of any general

binder, while the class

of ivorkmanship

is

of a much

higher grade.

to

of a postcard, ivork will any part of London.

receipt

On

be sent

for

32

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BOOK PLATES
RECORDS AND

IN

GOLD LEAF.
CAREFULLY BOUND.
PRINTS.

MSS.

SOLANDER CASES FOR

FIREPROOF CASES FOR VALUABLE BOOKS.

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BOOKS

BOUND

WORKED
PORTFOLIOS.

VELVET, MATERIAL.
IN

SILK.

OR

PLATES AND LETTERPRESS INLAID.

CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE BOUND UP IN BOOK

FORM.

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SCRAP-BOOKS TO HOLD PRINTS UP TO

ANY

SIZE.

TESTIMONIALS WRITTEN AND ILLUMINATED BY CAPABLE ARTISTS.

LIBRARIES CLEANED ANNUALLY.

CHEAP BINDING FROM Is. 6d.

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FOR

PAMPHLETS

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TO

VARIOUS

MEDICAL

AND

OTHER

SOCIETIES.

PLATES, BOOKS, ETC, CLEANED.

ARTISTIC BINDING TO ANY DESIGN.

ALL BINDINGS OF BEST WORKMANSHIP

AND MATERIAL.
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SCHOOL

AND PRESENTATION BOOKS TASTEFULLY BOUND AT MODERATE PRICES.

PRIZES
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LAW BINDING A

OLD BINDING REPAIRED.

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RE-

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SPECIAL. Art Linen

zines,

Bindings.-

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and

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and Cheaper Literature.

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144

&

146,

Shaftesbury Avenue,

London, W.C.

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