Trade binding
- "Plain calfskin or sheepskin bindings issued by publishers in England from the 15th to the 18th centuries. They were rarely Lua error in Module:Parameters at line 56: attempt to call upvalue 'plain' (a nil value).."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Don., et al. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books : a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Library of Congress : For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.</ref>
"During the years before Lua error in Module:Parameters at line 56: attempt to call upvalue 'plain' (a nil value). and publisher’s cloth – the whole period, that is, between Johann Gutenberg, 1450, and William Pickering, 1823 – books were normally issued to the public, across the counter, in alternative dress and at alternative prices; unbound, in folded quires (latterly stitched and with the intentionally temporary protection of wrappers or paper-covered boards) for binding to the purchaser’s taste, at his order and expense, as on the Continent to this day, or at a higher price in some usually simple binding put on by or for the bookseller."Template:ABC
Not to be confused with Lua error in Module:Parameters at line 56: attempt to call upvalue 'plain' (a nil value). which refers to books from the 19th century and onwards.
Related terms
- Lua error in Module:Parameters at line 56: attempt to call upvalue 'plain' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Parameters at line 56: attempt to call upvalue 'plain' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Parameters at line 56: attempt to call upvalue 'plain' (a nil value).
