Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . by new , we are prepared for theTeutonic plainness and solidity of thebrass-knobbed calf binding, with itsbrass-tipped leather clasps, which covers,as with a coat of mail, the Gcsang Bitch,printed at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in1762, by Christopher Saner, 2d, for the L Early American Bookbinding t>7 spiritual comfort of his Danker Breth-ren, in their vernacular tongue, andthe black-letter type oftheir sides have a panel in dumb* orblind tooling, which is a modest attemptat decoration, but the book now s
Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . by new , we are prepared for theTeutonic plainness and solidity of thebrass-knobbed calf binding, with itsbrass-tipped leather clasps, which covers,as with a coat of mail, the Gcsang Bitch,printed at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in1762, by Christopher Saner, 2d, for the L Early American Bookbinding t>7 spiritual comfort of his Danker Breth-ren, in their vernacular tongue, andthe black-letter type oftheir sides have a panel in dumb* orblind tooling, which is a modest attemptat decoration, but the book now stands inneed of none, for the rich mahogany col-our and glossy surface which the leatherhas acquired through careful reverent touch, and its strong and honest con-struction inspires one with a feeling ofrespect for both the book and its maker. It has been said that the history of mu-sic in New England for the first two cen-turies is the history of Psalmody might be asserted with equal truth thatthe history of bookbinding in this coun-. ©hr psalms of £>atto /)rr,/r /A,, //.i. use, and the alchemy of time, make fullamends for all other deficiencies. Thissombre-looking volume, from the handsof the pre-Revolutionary typographer, isindeed a very pleasant thing to sight and *This is an ornamental operation appliedafter the book has been polished. It is exe-cuted in the same way and with the same toolsas for gilding, but without any gold applied onthe places thus ornamented.—Arnctts Bib-liopegia. try in colonial days brings us in contactwith little besides books of a religiouscharacter. Bibles, psalm and prayer-books, and theological works almost mo-nopolised the time and services of theprinter. As we turn from this book ofsacred songs, printed by ChristopherSaner, the next volume that falls underour notice is the Book of Books, namely,the English version of the Sacred Writ-ings, printed by Robert Aitkin in 1782. 68 The Bookman Robert Aitkin, best known perhaps, asthe
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