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
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992 . Hardcover. Folio size, 296 pp., with prospectus. Fine / fine. Item #33330844 The third quarter of the 15th century saw a seismic shift in how books were bound; influenced by a small group of antiquaries and scribes centred in Padua, binders began to replace the old style of binding in blind with use of gilt, polychrome filigree, and architectural and plaquette ornamentation.
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