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Victorian Bookbinding

Fine Bindings

Bookbinders producing fine bindings in traditional styles also flourished in the Victorian period. Rivière, Sangorski and Sutcliffe, and Zaehnsdorf were all large establishments producing fine bindings for the well-to-do.

Shakespeare, William. Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare. Ed. Henry Noel Humphreys. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.

Binding: Papier-Mâché

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Bonhomme, Honoré. La Société Galante et Littéraire au XVIIIe Siècle. Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, 1880.

Binding: Chambolle-Duru
Orange morocco leather, with paneled spine, gilt lettering, and gilt rules and stamps.

Grimm, M. M. German Popular Stories. 2 vols. London: C. Baldwin, 1823. Binding: Sangorski and Sutcliffe.

Blue morocco leather, with paneled spine, gilt lettering, and gilt rules and stamps.

Scott, Sir Walter. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. London: Frederick Warne & Company, ca.1900.

Transparent vellum (called “vellucent”) over painted paper, gold border on front, spine, and back, and gilt dentelles on inside cover. Believed to be the work of binder Cedric Chivers of Bath, England.

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On exhibit through September 30, 2000, Rare Book Room, fourth floor, University of North Texas Libraries,
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