The Society announces the publication of
Bookcloth in England and America, 1823-50,
by Andrea Krupp
(Oak Knoll/The British Library/The Bibliographical Society of America, 2008 |
This volume offers a new edition of Andrea Krupp's groundbreaking article, which first appeared in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and includes an expanded "Catalogue of Bookcloth Grains," with illustrations in a larger format and, for the first time, in color. Sue Allen has written the preface for the book.
Ms. Krupp's three-part essay, with several illustrations, covers the introduction of bookcloth and the early decades of its use, discusses bookcloth grain nomenclature and concludes with detailed observations on several cloth grain patterns. The book also contains three appendices, including an information-dense table that lists each grain pattern with date range and frequency and a Catalogue of Nineteenth-Century Bookcloth Grains, include images of the various grains, reproduced at actual size. The number of catalogue entries has been expanded from 222 to 248 in this edition with swatches printed in color.
Co-published with the The British Library and Oak Knoll Press.
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