1989 · Cambridge
by Hobson, Anthony
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989. Hobson, Anthony (1921-2014). Humanists and bookbinders: The origins and diffusion of the humanistic bookbinding 1459-1559 with a census of historiated plaquette and medallion bindings of the Renaissance. xix, 296pp. Frontispiece; text illustrations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 297 x 208 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. First Edition. "A magisterial survey of a critical century—the critical century—in European bookbinding" (Needham, p. 443). P. Needham, "Anthony Hobson: The origins and diffusion of the humanistic bookbinding 1459-1559" [review], Bulletin du bibiophile (1990): 443-446. .
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