1) Edges of Books: Specimens of Edge Decoration from RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection – Steven K. Galbraith – Rochester NY, RIT Cary Graphic Art Press, 2012.

Oblong (18 × 25,5 cm), 66 pages, illustrated with color photographs, softcover.

Edges of Books uncovers a tradition that extends back centuries in which the edges of books were important sites for information and decoration.

2) Bookbindings by Albert Magnus – University Library Amsterdam, 1965.

Oblong (17 × 24,5 cm), 16 pages, illustrated with (color & b/w) photographs, softcover.

In the work of Magnus the baroque style in the art of binding reaches a culmination point. For the book-culture in the Netherlands of the 17th century these bindings are highly characteristic.

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