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Tag Archives: Paper marbling
Serpentine Saturday
The wavy patterns on the edges, covers, and endpapers on this tooled and blind-stamped, half-bound book are from Carew’s Survey of Cornwall . This edition was printed in London by Thomas Bensley for J. Faulder and Rees and Curtis in 1811, although Carew’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Cornwall, Great Britain, Paper marbling, Publishing and Printing
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This Is The End(papers)
Those of us who are true book geeks suffer from an obsessive fascination with all aspects of books. We don’t just like reading books, or collecting books, we love the physicality of books. Some of us are into book covers. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Maps
Tagged Bookbinding, Paper marbling, Printing, Publishing
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Not A Lost Art (yet)
Those of us who buy, sell and collect antiquarian books obviously value them for their literary content, but most of us are also enamored by the physical books. I’m especially thrilled to discover intact old bindings and volumes which incorporate … Continue reading
The Art of the Book
As a collector and seller of antiquarian books, I often marvel at the astonishing binding and printing variants in old books. A favorite decorative feature in many 19th century volumes is the use of marbled paper and cloth for endpapers … Continue reading