The Library Company notes that the bindings “appeared on American books only briefly — around 1850-55 — a time of increasingly elaborate book cover decoration.” The use of inlaid shell on books wasn’t ...
Based in part on materials in the William L. Clements Library. "Glossary": pages [433]-500. Books Will Speak Plain is published at a time when the historical book is at risk of being ignored, put away ...
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