| Description |
xiii, 3 unnumbered pages, 114 pages, 2 unnumbered pages including frontispiece (portrait) : 5 plates (1 folded) double facsimile ; 21 cm |
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Fire.--Water.--Gas and heat.--Dust and neglect.--Ignorance.--The bookworm.--Other vermin.--Bookbinders.--Collectors.--Conclusion: Reverence for old books |
| Notes |
"The nucleus of the ... essay appeared in the August, September and October numbers of ʻThe Printers' register ̓for 1879."--Pref |
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"The plates are intended to show some of the various ways in which books can be illustrated." |
| Subject |
Book-worms.
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Books -- Conservation and restoration.
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