Bookbinding and American studio draftsmen

and American studio draftsmen

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the book will be of great interest to anthropologists and collectors of string figures

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Bookbinding and American studio draftsmenEdith Diehl (18761955) was one of the world's foremost practitioners of traditional bookbinding and an exceptionally able teacher. From the vantage point of a lifetime's experience, she gives today's bookbinders a historical survey of this centuries old art and an eminently practical guide. Nearly one half of the encyclopedic volume is devoted to an overview of the historical development of bookbinding. The author shows how the codex form of the book