Blind Panels Of English Binders

A study of the tools used on blind-stamped bindings in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.

This book studies approaches to the production of manuscripts in medieval England, from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.

First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it.

This book of the Sandar Lectures for 1949 confines itself to English blind-stamped bindings of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Oldham, an authority on his subject, here describes his methods of study, and accounts for many groups of bindings that may be attributed to particular craftsmen or binderies. Oldham's experience includes all important English collections, His book devises a method of ornament-classification and description and is illustrated by 61 plates. A study of the tools used on blind-stamped bindings in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.

A study of the tools used on blind-stamped bindings in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.

An introduction to the history and techniques of bookbinding that offers a thorough and accessible historical overview of techniques and processes, illustrated with examples, diagrams, and photographs of craftspeople at work.