First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book and its companion volume, English Blind-Stamped Bindings, together provide an exhaustive study of the tools used on blind-stamped bindings in England between the fifteenth century and the latter part of the seventeenth century. Consummately researched by Oldham, an authority on his subject, the text is illustrated with 67 plates. This is a fascinating document that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of bookbinding.

This book of the Sandar Lectures for 1949 confines itself to English blind-stamped bindings of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Oldham, an authority on his subject, here describes his methods of study, and accounts for many groups of bindings that may be attributed to particular craftsmen or binderies. Oldham's experience includes all important English collections, His book devises a method of ornament-classification and description and is illustrated by 61 plates.