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• A History of the Art of Bookbinding: With Some Account of the Books of the Ancients (London: E. Stock, 1894), ed. by William Salt Brassington, contrib. by John Hannett (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts (Helps for Students of History #17; London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: Macmillan, 1919), by M. R. James
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  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Die buchrolle in der kunst. (B. G. Teubner, 1907), by Theodor Birt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Essai sur les livres dans l'antiquité (Techener, 1840), by Hercule Géraud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Griechische palaeographie (Veit, 1911), by V. Gardthausen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Latin manuscripts; an elementary introduction to the use of critical editions for high school and college clases (Scott, Foresman, 1897), by Harold Whetstone Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai historique et archéologique sur la reliure des livres, et sur l'état de la librairie chez les anciens. (V. Lagier, 1834), by Gabriel Peignot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Authors and their public in ancient times (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1894), by George Haven Putnam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das antike Buchwesen in seinem Verhältniss zur Litteratur (W. Hertz, 1882), by Theodor Birt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Untersuchungen über ausgewählte kapitel des antiken buchwesens (B. G. Teubner, 1900), by Karl Dziatzko (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Homer of Aristotle (B. Blackwell, 1923), by D. S. Margoliouth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Schriftsteller und buchhändler im alten Rom. (G. Fock, 1885), by Louis Haenny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Het Grieksche boek in voor-Alexandrijnschen tijd ... (N.v. boekhandel W. ten Have, 1926), by Wijnand Eliza Engelkes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kritik und Hermeneutik, nebst Abriss des antiken Buchwesens (C.H. Beck (O. Beck), 1913), by Theodor Birt and Friedrich Blass (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire d'une feuille de papier (Librairie d'education, 1885), by Jules Pizzetta (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schriftsteller und Buchhändler in Rom. (G. Fock, 1885), by Louis Haenny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schriftsteller und Buchhändler in Athen und im übrigen Griechenland. (Winter, 1876), by Wilhelm Schmitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Avviamento allo studio critico delle lettere italiane. (G.C. Sansoni, 1915), by Guido Mazzoni and Pio Ranjna (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zwei Beiträge zur Kenntniss des antiken Buchwesens (W.F. Kaestner, 1892), by Karl Dziatzko (page images at HathiTrust)
• Res libraria cadentis antiquitatis Ausonii et Apollinaris Sidonii exemplis illustratur. (J.A. Koch, 1909), by Maximilianus Kraemer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Griechische Paleographie (Veit & Comp., 1911), by V. Gardthausen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Buchhandel im altertum. (E. Heimoran, 1927), by Eduard Stemplinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Earliest forms of books and ancient libraries (1901), by Florence Emeline Carter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ueber den Einfluss des althebräischen Buchwesens : auf die Originale und auf die ältesten Handschriften der Septuaginta, des Neuen Testaments und der Hexapla (Druck von H. Itzkowski, 1903), by Lejos 1861-1936 Blau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The library of Rameses the Great. (Peacock Press, 1909), by Charles L. Nichols and Club of Odd Volumes (page images at HathiTrust)
• De ornamentis librorum et varia rei librariae veterum supellectile dissertationum antiquariarum hexas (Ex officina Langenhemiana, 1756), by Christian Gottlieb Schwarz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Das Buch bei den Griechen und Römern eine Studie aus der Berliner papyrussammlung (Georg Reimer, 1907), by Wilhelm Schubart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Das Buch bei den Griechen und Römern eine Studie aus der Berliner papyrussammlung (Georg Reimer, 1907), by Wilhelm Schubart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• The Book: Its History and Development (London: A. Constable and Co., 1907), by Cyril Davenport (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Book: Its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, From Gutenberg to the Present Time (London: H. Grevel and Co., 1890), by Henri Bouchot (page images at CMU)
• Essai historique sur la liberté d'écrire chez les anciens et au moyen âge. (Crapelet, 1832), by Gabriel Peignot (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of filmstrips and slides illustrating the development of the book (Champaign, Ill., 1954), by Thelma Eaton and Ann De Witt Campo (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'ancienne France. Le livre et les arts qui s'y rattachent depuis les origines jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle (Firmin-Didot et cie., 1894), by Paul Louisy and P. L. Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
• An inquiry into the nature and form of the books of the ancients; with a history of the art of bookbinding, from the times of the Greeks and Romans to the present day interspersed with bibliographical references to men and books of all ages and countries. (R. Groombridge, 1837), by John Hannett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Books before typography (Committee on education, United typothetae of America, 1918), by Frederick W. Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the art of bookbinding : with some account of the books of the ancients : illustrated with numerous engravings, and photographic reproductions of ancient bindings in colour and monotints (E. Stock, 1894), by William Salt Brassington and John Hannett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le livre français, des origines à la fin du second empire. Exposition au pavillon de Marsan 4 au 30 avril, 1923. (A. Moraneé, 1923), by Paris Congrès des bibliothécaires et des bibliophiles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book : a lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Authors' League of America, presented at the Library of Congress October 17, 1979 (Library of Congress, 1980), by Barbara W. Tuchman, Authors' League of America, and Library of Congress. Center for the Book (page images at HathiTrust)
• Outline for the course in history of books and printing (Library service 103) (New York, 1953), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and Bertha Margaret Frick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kniga : istoricheskiĭ ocherk (Glavpolitprosvet U.S.S.R., 1923), by N. M. Pakulʹ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ursprung des Buches und seine Entwicklung. (Verlag für Sprach- und Handelwissenschaft, 1907), by Robert Ludwig Prager (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Toshogaku gairon (Fuzanbō, 1924), by Kei Tanaka (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. (Scribner and Welford, 1890), by Henri Bouchot, Anton Einsle, H. Grevel, and E. C. Bigmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les étapes d'un livre (Hachette, 1922), by Léon Thévenin and Georges Lemierre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le livre. Historique--fabrication--achat--classement--usage et entretien ... (E. Flammarion, 1906), by Albert Cim (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kurzgefasste Geschichte des Buchdrucks (Johann August Meissner, 1839), by C. M. Ed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le Livre à travers les âges. numéro unique résumant l'histoire du livre depuis les origines de L'Ecriture (Ch. Mendel, 1894), by Georges Brunel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kitap (Matbaa-yı Safa ve Enver, 1893), by Necip Asım (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the transmission of ancient books to modern times : with The process of historical proof: or, A concise account of the means by which the genuineness off ancient literature generally, and the authenticity of historical works especially, are ascertained; including incidental remarks upon the relative strength of the evidence usually adduced in behalf of the Holy Scriptures (Howell, 1879), by Isaac Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das schriftwesen im mittelalter (S. Hirzel, 1875), by Wilhelm Wattenbach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les arts du livre (Société des amis du livre moderne, 1909), by Léon Thévenin and Georges Lemierre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bibliografia (Dalla Società Tipogr. de' Classici Italiani, 1846), by Michael Denis and Antonio Roncetti (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of books and libraries : two views (Library of Congress, 1986), by John Feather, David McKitterick, and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• al-Kitābah wa-al-kuttāb (Maṭbaʻat Miṣr, 1910), by ʻAlī Aḥmad Shahīdī (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Istorii︠a︡ knigi ot ee poi︠a︡vlinii︠a︡ do nashikh vremen (Tip. I.M. Komslova, 1900), by Émile Egger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Traitte des plus belles bibliotheques de l'Europe : des premiers livres qui ont été faits : de l'invention de l'imprimerie : des imprimeurs : de plusieurs livres qui ont êté perdus & recouvrez par les soins des sçavans : avec une méthode pour dresser une bibliotheque (Chez Estienne Michallet ..., 1685), by Sieur Le Gallois, Estienne Michallet, and Romeyn de Hooghe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of books (McClure, Phillips, 1904), by Gertrude Burford Rawlings (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire du livre a Dol du XVe au VIIIe siècle. Livres d'Heures- Bibliothèque de la cathédrale- Dons d'ouvrages de luxe- Origines de l'imprimerie- État de l'instruction (Impr. Oberthur, 1906), by François Marie Duine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das bücherwesen im mittelalter : vortrag, gehalten in der aula des stadtgymnasiums zu Riga (C. Habel (C. G. Lüderitz'sche), 1881), by Arthur Poelchau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Syllabus for the study of history of books and printing, for use in connection with Book Arts 281 (School of Library Service, Columbia University, 1937), by Columbia University. School of Library Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evolution of the book. (K.L. Sharp, 1901), by Katharine L. Sharp and Ill.) Art Club (Champaign (page images at HathiTrust)
• Outline for the course in history of books and bookmaking (Library service 103). (New York, 1957), by Columbia University. School of Library Service and Bertha Margaret Frick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment: From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time, by Henri Bouchot, trans. by E. C. Bigmore (Gutenberg ebook)
• Books Before Typography: A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types: Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49, by Frederick W. Hamilton (Gutenberg ebook)

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