The Book: Its History and DevelopmentDavenport, Cyril
History
The Book: Its History and Development
Davenport, Cyril
Bookbinding; Books; Books -- History; Printing -- History
Chambolle, bookbinder, 242
Chamois leather, 176
Charlemagne’s gospels, 54
” interest in writing, 19
Charles II., portrait on book edges, 147
Charlet, lithographer, 133
Chauveau, F., line engraver, 122
Cheap paper, 77
Chemical wood pulp, 79
Chéret, lithographer, 133
Chevalier, W., line engraver, 121
Chifflart, line engraver, 123
China clay in paper, 80
Chinese books of Jade, 5
” colour blocks, 104
” paper, 63
” types of porcelain, 86
” woodcuts, 103
Choffard, P., line engraver, 122, 125
Christ, arms of, 196
Clasps on mediæval books, 44
Clay-laden papers, 80
Clennell, L., wood engraver, 111
Clint, G., mezzotint engraver, 128
Clog almanacks, 7
Cloth bindings, 155
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J., bookbinder, 231
Cochineal dye for leather, 222
Cockerell, D., bookbinder, 231
_Codex Alexandrinus_, 102
Cole, T., wood engraver, 111
Collet, M., bookbinder, 153
Collodion as a preservative for Persian bindings, 59
Colonna’s _Hypnerotomachia Poliphili_, 105
Colour on block books, 90
Coloured printing papers, 73
Combe’s _History of the River Thames_, 130
” _Tour of Dr. Syntax_, 130
Commonwealth book stamp, 221
Constable, J., artist, 128
Consular diptychs, 23
Cook, H., stipple engraver, 125
Cooper, J., wood engraver, 112
Coptic binding of the eighth century, 182
Corbould, G., line engraver, 121
Corean paper, 65
_Coronation of George IV._, 131
Coster, L. J., printer, 90
Costeriana, 90
“Cottage,” style of binding, 222
Cousins, J., line engraver, 121
Cow-hide for bindings, 172
“Crown” watermark, 70
Cruickshank, G., artist, 124
“Crushed” morocco, 177
Cuirbouilli, 50
Cumdachs, 48-50
Cuneiform inscriptions, 3
Cup markings on rocks, 2, 3
Curiously-shaped books, 76
Cut leather work, 197
Cylinders engraved for making designs in book covers, 203
” for printing presses, 95
D.
Dalziels, the, wood engravers, 112
Dambrun, J., line engraver, 122
Daniel, W., aquatint engraver, 131
Dated binding, 1475 ... 199
Daughters of Louis XV., bindings made for, 237
Daumier, H., lithographer, 133
Davenport, S., line engraver, 121
Dawe, H., mezzotint engraver, 128
Day, J., printer, 213
Dean, stipple engraver, 125
De Coverly, R., bookbinder, 237
Deer-skin bindings, 189
Delacroix, E., artist, 133
De Launay, R., line engraver, 120, 123
“De l’Etoile,” French order, 236
Delignon, J. L., line engraver, 122
De Longueil, line engraver, 122
Delvaux, line engraver, 122
“Dentelle” bindings, 240
“Dentelles à l’oiseau,” 242
Derome le Jeune, bookbinder, 241
De Sauty, A., bookbinder, 231
De Thou, J. A., book collector, 236
Deveria, A., lithographer, 133
De Villiers, line engraver, 122
Diamond engraved, 5
Diane de Poictiers, bindings made for, 234
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