The Art of Book-Binding, Its Rise and Progress: Including a Descriptive Account of the New York Book-Bindery (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The literary profession originated even in classic times, when an extensive traffic was car ried on in mess, by the Scribes and Copyists; it also flourished during the Saxon era, many eminent names being on record Of transcribers in the seventh and eighth centuries. Books in their present form were invented, it is said, by Attalus, King Of Pergamus, in 887.

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