Detail map of Paris, Île-de-France, France

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The Introduction of Pasteboard for the Covers of Bindings

1508 to 1520

Pasteboard for the covers of bindings, instead of wood, was in use in Paris by 1508, and was introduced in England about 1520.

Pollard, "Describing Medieval Bookbindings," Alexander & Gibson (eds) Medieval Learning and LIterature. Essays presented to Richard William Hunt (1976) 64.

Timeline Themes

Bookbinding by Hand