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English translation: plates
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Paper / Paper Manufacturing / old book binding | |||||||
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plates Explanation: http://bookbinding.com/book-cover-design/bookplates Making Boxes Articles from the Studio Diderot Zahn on Binding Gilding Paper & cardboard construction The Glue Book Short essays on bookbinding Book Cover DesignInfluences & Styles Modern Bookbinding Designing Printed Covers Bookplates The Robert Hoe Company Jobst Amman Paper Cutting Machines Graphic Arts Colour and its applications Magna Carta Ex-Libris Bookbinder's Marks Our publications Tell a Friend News Albums Odds & Ends Interesting Links Bookbinding Forum If you find the information on this site useful and can afford it, consider helping us in our project, use the link below to Thank You! See images of books bound at the Studio, visit the Gallery Print this page Bookplates A book plate is a little device or label executed for the individual owning the books in which it is pasted as an indication of such ownership. The design for a book plate is usually personal in character and is especially suited to the person for whom it is executed. The bookplate idea is an old custom, but such a one that with the increasing publication of books during the present century it has become very popular. Its origin is somewhat uncertain, but, as suggested hereinbefore, it was probably due to the practice of royal personages who stamped a coat of arms on everything they possessed and thus gave a distinctive character to their particular libraries. In foreign countries, **a coat of arms usually forms a part of the device**, and the ........ |
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| Reference: carte di guardia Reference information: AAVV. Elementi di Biblioteconomia, Edizioni Giuridiche Simone piatto anteriore e piatto posteriore intese come carte di guardia Inoltre, ho visto al Museo Orientale di Torino dei manoscritti del XV sec (credo), la cui copertina era formata da tavole di legno decorate con intagli. FOTO qui : http://www.maotorino.it/opera.php?id=144 |
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