{"product_id":"fine-binding-monastery-hill-bindery-large-paper-copy-early-illustrated-books","title":"[Fine Binding | Monastery Hill Bindery | Large Paper Copy] Early Illustrated Books","description":"\u003cp\u003ePollard, Alfred W. \u003cem\u003eEarly Illustrated Books: A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner \u0026amp; Co., 1893. Large paper copy, limited to 150 copies printed on Dutch handmade paper, of which this is #72. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles and numerous text illustrations, some printed in red and black. Volume V in Pollard’s “Books About Books” series. Pollard’s account of the decoration and illustration of early printed books, with particular attention to woodcut illustration, borders, initials, printer’s devices, and the relation between manuscript decoration and the design of early printed books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in dark green morocco by The Monastery Hill Bindery (signed in gilt on the rear turn-in). Covers tooled in gilt with multiple concentric rectangular rules, repeated on both boards. Spine with five raised bands, title and author to second and third compartments, the remaining compartments with matching nested rectangular tooling. Wide gilt-ruled turn-ins with green watered silk doublures and endleaves, top edge gilt. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasures approx. 6\" x 9.25\". Spine slightly faded from green toward olive. A few minor spots of rubbing to edges and corners. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Under the Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531979903172,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0461\/8328\/4899\/files\/DSC_0092_431378bf-2336-4c03-8f12-20448a1fe6d8.jpg?v=1787537656","url":"https:\/\/www.underthehillbooks.com\/products\/fine-binding-monastery-hill-bindery-large-paper-copy-early-illustrated-books","provider":"Under the Hill Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}