Suave mechanicals : essays on the history of bookbinding

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Z266 .S83 2013 v.1
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Available
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Includes DVD

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Contents

  • Editor's Preface p. viii
  • Historical Repair, Recycling, and Recovering Phenomena in the Islamic Bindings of the University of Michigan Library: Exploring the Codicological Evidence p. 1 Evyn Kropf
  • Protection against the Evil Eye? Votive Offerings on Armenian Manuscript Bindings p. 43 Syivie L. Merian
  • Colonial Blankbooks in the Winterthur Library p. 95 Consuela G. Metzger
  • A Primer on Signed Bindings p. 163 Robert J. Milevski
  • Not Just Another Beautiful Book: A Typology of American Scaleboard Bindings p. 247 Julia Miller
  • Beating, Rolling, and Pressing: The Compression of Signatures in Bookbinding Prior to Sewing p. 317 Jeffrey S. Peachey
  • European Influence in the Binding of Mexican Printed Books of the Sixteenth Century p. 383 Martha E. Romero
  • Papier-Maché Bindings: "Shining in Black and Gorgeous with Pearl and Gold" p. 413 Jennifer W. Rosner
  • The 1715 Mohawk Prayer Book: A Study of Six Copies in Colonial American Scaleboard Bindings p. 463 John Townsend
  • Author Biographies p. 504
  • Index p. 507

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