Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: The Enemies of Books

Filename: 
cc_z701b631880_blades_0001
Identifier: 
cc_z701b631880_blades_0001
Title: 
The Enemies of Books
Creator: 
Blades, William, 1824-1890
Subject: 
Books - Conservation and restoration
Subject: 
Book-worms
Summary: 
Fire. Water. Gas and heat. Dust and neglect. Ignorance.The bookworm. Other vermin. Bookbinders. Collectors. Conclusion: Reverence for old books.
Publisher: 
Trubner & Co.
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1880
Date of Digitization: 
2005
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
books
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Dimensions of Original: 
21 cm
Language: 
English
Original Item Location: 
Z701 .B63 1880
Library Collection: 
Bernard C. Middleton Collection of Books on the History and Practice of Bookbinding
Digital Project: 
2019_0006_blades
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b1076604~S3
Place: 
England - London
Rights: 
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Notes: 
"The nucleus of the ... essay appeared in the August, September and October numbers of 'The Printers' register' for 1879." "The plates are intended to show some of the various ways in which books can be illustrated."