trade bindings
- Scope note
- Simple bindings in sheep or calf, rarely lettered, commissioned in small quantities by booksellers from the 15th to the 18th century. Distinguished from uniform "edition bindings" produced wholesale, (often machine-made case bindings), applied in quantity to books expected to sell rapidly and in quantity, from the mid-18th century.
- Date of creation: 02-Dec-2024
Accepted term: 02-Dec-2024