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[i]

The “Westminster” Series.

THE BOOK


Golden Binding of “The Gospels of Charlemagne,” with Jewels andEnamels, 11th or 12th Century. [Frontispiece.


Title page.

[iii]

THE BOOK

ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

BY
CYRIL DAVENPORT, V.D. F.S.A.

ILLUSTRATED

LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. LTD.
10 ORANGE STREET LEICESTER SQUARE W.C.
1907


[iv]

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS
LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.


[v]

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
EARLY RECORDS.
Rock inscriptions—Marks on wood—Quipus—Wampum—Modernideographs—Indian palm-leaf books—Ideographs and alphabets—Diptychsp. 1
CHAPTER II.
ROLLS, BOOKS AND BOOKBINDINGS.
Papyrus and vellum rolls—Quaternions—The sewing of books—Headbands—Therounding and backing of books—Mediæval books—Irishcumdachs—Byzantine bindings—Oriental books—Modernmethods of sewing and bindingp. 26
CHAPTER III.
PAPER.
Paper—Watermarks and quiringp. 62
CHAPTER IV.
PRINTING.
Assyrian bricks with printed inscriptions—Oiron ware—Chinese types—Blockbooks—Costeriana—Types and stereotypes—Printingpressesp. 85
CHAPTER V.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Wood engraving—Line engraving—Etching—Stipple—Mezzotint—Aquatint—Lithography—Photography[vi]p. 102
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