Books in Chains (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Author: William Blades ISBN: 9781411455481
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication: October 11, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble Language: English
Author: William Blades
ISBN: 9781411455481
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication: October 11, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble
Language: English

This volume, published two years after Blades’s death, explores the practice of securing books by chaining in England and abroad. Other chapters deal with such topics as the use and development of signatures in books; early schools of typography; and the invention of printing. Informative and readable, Books in Chains will be of interest to bibliophiles everywhere. 

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This volume, published two years after Blades’s death, explores the practice of securing books by chaining in England and abroad. Other chapters deal with such topics as the use and development of signatures in books; early schools of typography; and the invention of printing. Informative and readable, Books in Chains will be of interest to bibliophiles everywhere. 

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