The business of bookbinding : bookbinding from the point of view of the binder, the publisher, the librarian and the general reader ; with chapters on the manufacture of binders' leather and cloth, and a description of a working bindery, together with a glossary of terms used in leather and cloth manufacture and bookbinding : [plates] / by Alex. J. Philip
A 1912 London trade manual by Alexander J. Philip, published by Stanley Paul & Co., written for binders, publishers, librarians and general readers on bookbinding and leather and cloth manufacture. Its plates are hand-painted swatch charts of bookbinding leathers and cloths, with each sample set in a coloured block beside a printed or handwritten label. A designer could take from them the range of morocco, calf and grain textures, and the way neatly labelled colour blocks organise a material reference.
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