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Occasional publication ; no. 25
Publisher
Oxford Bibliographical Society, Bodleian Library
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
E. Stock
Pub. Date
1892.
Language
English
Description
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.