Word: cobden
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Cobden-Sanderson, of the Doves Press, London, delivered the first of his lectures on books last evening. He outlined the preparation of a wellfinished book at the present day, and gave a detailed exhibition of the work of printer, "forwarder," and "finisher." Among other things, the lecturer explained the use of the sewing-frame, the method of covering the quires when bound, and, finally, the process of decoration by means of metallic stamps applied by hand...
...Cobden-Sanderson will deliver the first of a series of four public lectures on the binding, decoration and printing of books, this evening at 8 o'clock, in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum. The general title of the lectures is "The Book Beautiful." The topic of tonight's lecture, which will be of a general nature, is "The Book Beautiful; what it is, and how it has been built up and decorated; also the libraries of the world which have been built for its preservation...
...lecturer is a grandson of Richard Cobden, the famous English free-trader, and is probably the most widely known binder and printer of books in the United Kingdom. He is connected with the Doves-Bindery of London...
...LECTURES ON BOOKS. "The Book Beautiful." I. General Lecture. Mr. T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...LECTURES ON BOOKS. "The Book Beautiful." II. Technical Lecture. Mr. T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. Robinson Hall...