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Edition bindings

Scope note

Uniform bindings produced wholesale and in quantity (often machine-made case bindings), applied to books expected to sell rapidly and in quantity; used from the mid-18th century onwards; distinguished from small quantity "trade bindings," which are simple bindings of sheep or calf commissioned by booksellers from the 15th to the 18th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000257591

Created

13yrs ago

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