Sources

Alfred de Sauty

Greenfield, Jane. ABC of Bookbinding: A Unique Glossary with over 700 Illustrations for Collectors and Librarians. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998.

Lhotka, Edward R. ABC of Leather Bookbinding: An Illustrated Manual on Traditional Bookbinding. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000.

Maggs Brothers. Bookbinding in the British Isles. London: Maggs Brothers, 1987.

Tidcombe, Marianne. "The Mysterious Mr. De Sauty." in David Pearson, ed., For the Love of the Binding: Studies in Bookbinding History Presented to Mirjam Foot. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press), 329-336.

Oakes Ames

Plimpton, Pauline Ames and George Plimpton. Oakes Ames. Jottings of a Harvard Botanist. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979.

Sax, Karl. "Oakes Ames (1874-1950)." Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 31 (1950): 335-337.

Schultes, Richard Evans, Pauline Ames Plimpton, Gordon W. Dillon, Leslie A. Garay, and Gustavo Romero-González. Orchids at Christmas. Harvard University: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1975.

Additional Resources

The Center for Bookarts.
Columbia University Libraries Judging a Book by Its Cover.
Michigan State University Libraries How to Judge a Book by Its Cover.

Web Exhibit Created 2011.

Authored by Sarah Burke (Pietro Crescenzi), Elise Ramsey (Ames) and Tessa Updike (Book Covers). They would like to thank the librarians of the Botany Libraries for their generous assistance throughout the project.