print email comment close Judging A Book By Its Cover: Gold-Stamped Publishers' Bindings of the 19th Century URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/gilded/ Description: An exhibit of English and American 19th century book covers with gold-stamping, a process that "brought to the mass-produced book some of the prestige associated with gold-tooled leather bindings of the pre-industrial era." Browsable by topic (vignettes, traditional designs, classical motifs, coats of arms, Wild West, travel books, designer bindings). Also features a gallery of selected book spines. From New York's Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Publisher: Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Library of Congress Subject Headings: Book covers Book design -- History Bookbinding Bookbinding -- Gilding LII Database Information: Record 5336 created by Tom McGibney on 05/21/2002 Last modification on 07/05/2004 Published: 05/21/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5336