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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 next traced the changes in the materials out of which books have been made, from the original slabs of baked clay, to the papyrus, parchment, and paper states. Then came an attempt to solve the question of the origin of the alphabet, through the progressive modification of hieroglyphics, passing through the hieratie, Phoenician and Greek symbols, and culminating in the invention of lower-case letters by the monkish scribes of the Middle Ages...
...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...