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Two Centuries of Bookbinding

Item date(s): 1991

Margaret Lock
Louise Genest  - (bookbinding by)


Pages: 69pp
Size: 222mm
Binding: Designer binding
Inscription: Signed by the binder.


Place publication: Toronto, Canada
Publisher: Canadian Bookbinders Guild

Additional notes:
Materials & Techniques 1700-1900.

Bound by Louise Genest who signed on the inside back cover.

See illustration in "Louise Genest" Artist Portfolio in Somerset Studio, Canadian Arts & Crafts, p58.

9 "X5-314"X314"

Full cowhide binding with exposed spine. Sculptured boards, onlays made of patina copper leaves (by the artist) borded by the headbands. The cords' strands were coloured and individually laced through the cover (292 lacings)



Ref: GB/3926



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