Item #000797 Maioli, Canevari and Others. G. D. Hobson.
Maioli, Canevari and Others
Maioli, Canevari and Others
Maioli, Canevari and Others

Maioli, Canevari and Others

London, Eng. Ernest Benn, 1926. Hardcover. xvi, 178 p.: in-text drawings, 64 leaves of plates, of which 6 are color plates; 28 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Former owner's name at head of p. 1: Parker Morell. Monographs on bookbinding, no. 1. Contents: I. On a group of bindings decorated with plaquettes. II. Sixteenth-century bindings with architectural decoration. III. Thomae Maioli et amicorum. IV. Apollonio Filareto and his bindings. V. The great Canevari myth. Appendix. A note on the date and origin of Grolier's bindings. In Very Good Condition: cover slightly soiled; spine sunned; ends of spine frayed with slight loss of cloth; corners bumped; text is lightly foxed; plates are clean and bright. Very Good. Item #000797

Price: $200.00

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