Download or read book The Art Journal, 1876, Vol. 15 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art Journal, 1876, Vol. 15 It seems probable that among the Romans bookbinding became an Art as soon as square books were substituted for rolls. The first kind of cover having a square shape was a protection in its simplest form, and contemporary with the rolls. It was a leathern cover wrapped round Greek and Roman waxed tablets. When, at a later period, leaves were stitched or stuck together, they were bound in a cover having a movable back, the sides being made of leather, wood, or ivory. When placed on shelves books lay on their sides, and had attached to the covers little cedar tablets inscribed with their titles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.