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Definition of Bindings
1. binding [n] - See also: binding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bindings
Literary usage of Bindings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Theso elegantly gilt bindings have, in the opinion of M. Libri, ... Artistic bindings
of Italy and Italian binders were brought to France by Charles VIIL ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"The earliest English bindings which have come down to us date from the loth century.
The boards were made of wood and covered with deerskin or other leather ..."
3. How to Collect Books by J. Herbert ( Slater (1905)
"CHAPTER IX ON BOOKBINDING Binding a protection—Rebinding books—Cloth bindings of
the present day—Buckram—Vellum—Boards—Half bound books—Monastic ..."
4. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1907)
"The libraries at Aberdeen and St. Andrews contain, as I know from experience,
numbers of old bindings, for these two foundations were, fortunately for our ..."
5. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders by Douglas Cockerell (1901)
"... CHAPTER XXII To Preserve Old bindings—Re-backing TO PRESERVE OLD bindings To
Preserve IT is a well-known fact that the leather of Old bindings bindings ..."
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