Monographien des Kunstgewerbes: Der Bucheinband in alter und neuer Zeit: mit 197 Abbildungen
A German art-history monograph on the bookbinding craft, written by Hans Loubier and published in 1904 in the Monographien des Kunstgewerbes series, surveying bindings from earlier centuries alongside modern work. The pictures are photographic plates of binding covers showing tooled and blind-stamped leather, gilt ornament and metal fittings. A designer could take from them the interlaced strapwork, corner pieces, central medallions and rolled border patterns used to frame and decorate a book cover.
