Victorian cloth bindings, week 5: titles
Titles on books are important, as they tell us what to find inside without opening the covers. Most often these are found on the spine;… Read More »Victorian cloth bindings, week 5: titles
William Pickering
Victorian cloth bindings, week 2: grains
The idea of using cotton cloth as a covering for books probably originated with the London publisher William Pickering, whilst the binder Archibald Leighton solved… Read More »Victorian cloth bindings, week 2: grains
Victorian Cloth Bindings: Introduction
This new mini-series of blog posts will examine British cloth bindings during the Victorian era, that is, from the 1830s until the turn of the… Read More »Victorian Cloth Bindings: Introduction