Douglas Cockerell - Bookbinding: The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual

SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATIONS FOR BOOKBINDING

These specifications will require modification in special cases, and are only intended to be a general guide.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR

REPRODUCTIONS OF BINDINGS

I., II., AND III.

FIFTEENTH CENTURY BLIND-TOOLED BINDINGS

IV.

SIXTEENTH CENTURY BINDING WITH SIMPLE GOLD-TOOLING

V., VI., VII., AND VIII.

MODERN BINDINGS DESIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

I.German Fifteenth Century. Pigskin. Actual size,

II.German Fifteenth Century. Calf. Actual size,

III.Italian Fifteenth Century. Sheepskin, with coloured roundels.
Actual size,

IV.Italian Sixteenth Century. Actual size, Goatskin.

V.Half Niger morocco, with sides of English oak.
Actual size,

VI.Niger morocco, inlaid green leaves. Actual size,

VII.Green levant, inlaid with lighter green panel and red dots.
Actual size,

VIII.Niger morocco, executed by a student of the Central
School of Arts and Crafts. Actual size,

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