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—Photographyp. [102]
CHAPTER VI.
MISCELLANEA.
Book edges and their decoration—Embroidered books—Cloth bindings—Accountbooks—End papers—Small metal-bound books—Booksbound in tortoiseshell—Chained books—Horn booksp. [141]
CHAPTER VII.
LEATHERS.
Vellum—Calf—Pig skin—Sheep skin—Goat skin—Seal skin, etc.p. [169]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ORNAMENTATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS WITHOUT GOLD.
Blind tooling and stamping—Panel stamps—Cut leather—Stained calf—Cutvellum—Transparent vellump. [181]
CHAPTER IX.
THE ORNAMENTATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS WITH GOLD.
Gold tooling in leather introduced from the East to Venice—EarlyItalian gold tooled work—The spread of gold tooling in Europe—Modernwork—Gold tooling in leather—Early Venetian goldtooled bindings—The work of Thos. Berthelet, John Day, JohnGibson, Mary Collet, Samuel Mearne, Suckerman, Eliot andChapman, Roger Payne, Richard Wier, Charles Hering, Kalthœber,Staggemeier, Walther, Charles Lewis, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson,Sir Edw. Sullivan, Douglas Cockerell, E. M. MacColl, S. Prideaux,Adams, Woolrich, Etienne Roffet, Geoffrey Tory, Nicholas andClovis Eve, Le Gascon, Florimond Badier, Macé Ruette, L. A.Boyet, Padeloup le Jeune, J. le Monnier, Derome le Jeune, Capé,Duru, Thouvenin, Bauzonnet, Trautz, Lorticp. [205]
INDEXp. [245]