Excerpt from A Guide to the Exhibition in the King's Library: Illustrating the History of Printing, Music-Printing and Bookbinding<br><br>Colonies. In'cases xv. And xvi. Are shown some famous English books, and the exhibition is con tinned with examples of early printing in Greek and Hebrew (xvii.) Of illuminated printed books, and printing in colours and of printed music (xxi Case xix. Is at present reserved for books recently acquired; Case xx. For specimens Of the Tapling Collection of Postage Stamps; Cases xxiii., xxiv. For examples of printing and book-illustration in China and Japan; Cases xxv. Xxviii. For various temporary exhibitions. In Cases xxix., xxx., are shown some English Royal Bindings, and in Cases xxxi.-xxxiv., a collection of Bindings of printed books, illustrating the history Of book-binding in England, France, Italy, Germany, and Holland.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.