The Arcadian Library: Bindings and Provenance

TitleThe Arcadian Library: Bindings and Provenance
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2014
Series EditorMandelbrote, Giles, Bruijn, Willem de
Number of Pages336 pp.
PublisherArcadian Library
CityLondon, England
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199654819
Annotation

The Arcadian Library in London collects works on the relationship between Europe and the Middle East.

Contents:
Introduction / Giles Mandelbrote
Princes, Ministers and Scholars: Some non-English Provenances in the Arcadian Library / Alastair Hamilton
Some Earlier British Owners; of Books in the Arcadian Library and their Marks of Ownership and Use / Giles Mandelbrote
Three Bindings à la fanfare and the Origins of the Fanfare Style / Anthony Hobson
Selected European Decorated Bookbindings in the Arcadian Library / P.J.M. Marks
The Ottoman World of Abdallah Zakher: The Bindings of the Melkite Monastery at Shuwayr in the Arcadian Library / John-Paul Ghobrial
The Structures and Materials of Commercial Bookbindings in the Arcadian Library / Nicholas Pickwood