Laurels for Ton: Some Aspects of Publisher's Bindings Made for and by the Firm of Mame in Tours.

Between c.1845 and 1900 the firm of Alfred Marne in Tours produced enormous amounts of books for youngsters in paper case bindings covered with embossed coloured paper, which often had a lithograph pasted on the upper board. Extant copies of the same edition show different combinations of paper and...

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Published in:	Quaerendo Vol. 42; no. 3/4; pp. 258 - 274
Main Author:	van Leeuwen, Jan Storm
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2012
Subjects:	History of bookbinding Mame, Alfred History of publishing 19th century lithography Prize books Publishing Nineteenth century History Tours (France) France
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