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GESCHICHTE DER BUCKDRUCKERKUNST by Bogeng, G. A. E
- Bookseller: Commonwealth Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 402949
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dresden : Demeter Verlag, (1930)
Description
Dresden : Demeter Verlag, (1930). Large 4to. Professionally rebound in quarter polished grey morocco. 5 raised bands. Compartments delineated in gilt triple band. Gilt title stamped on black leather inlay. 671 pp. 51 text illustrations, 113 plates in b/w and color. Text in German. A history of paper, early illustration, printing, and early printed books. Very good plus text in fine binding.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
rebound : A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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