L. Brade`s Illustriertes Buchbinderbuch, ein Lehr- und Handbuch der gesamten Buchbinderei und aller in dieses fach einschlagenden Kunsttechniken
Halle / Saale: Wilhelm Knapp, 1909. Hardbound. Full light brown Morrocan leather, extensively and ornately tooled and embossed with gilt borders, lines and designs on covers, spines (five raised bands with tooled compartments) and edges. All edges are gilt, silk laid-down onto cover interiors, Tiffany Linen endpapers. A real eyecatcher in a clamshell box. Binding is signed C.A. Pursack. xviii, 465 pp., [2], 24 pp. 5 pages of plates consisting of mounted marbled endpaper examples. Many bw illustrations within the text. VG+. Item #115286
One of the finest bindings I have ever laid eyes on, and in like-new condition. Tiffany Linen endpapers. Signed on lower rear cover C.A. Pursack, apparently NOT the binder, but the original owner.
Price: $150.00