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Excerpt from The Library of the Late I. Remsen Lane of Orange, N. J., 1922: Comprising Choice Library Editions of Standard Works in Handsome Bindings by Tout, Bradstreet Riviere, and Zaehnsdorf; Grolier Club Publications, the Riverside Press Editions, Etc. The Whole Forming a Fine Reader's Library
Q64. Brassington (w. Salt). A History of the Art of Bookbinding, with some Account of the Books of the Ancients. Numerous engravings and reproductions of ancient bindings in color and monotints. 4to, uncut. New York, n. D. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
