Book investigating - step 2 - Bindings

There are many different types of book bindings. Some are decorative and some practical. They can proclaim the ownership of a particular book. Books weren't usually published with bindings. People could buy a textblock and have it bound according to their taste.

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Noris, Enrico. Cenotaphia Pisana Caii et Lucii Caesarum dissertationibus illustrata. Venice, 1681 Harenthals, Petrus de. Expositio psalterii. Cologne, 1487 The book of common prayer. Oxford, 1740Tes kaines diathekes hapanta (Greek New Testament). Sedan, 1628 The CL. Psalmes of David, in Scots meter. Edinburgh, 1632Fergusson, Robert. Poems. Edinburgh, 1773





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