Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . ion, is undoubtedly in its originalboards, which are, as may be seen, as per-fect, sound and true as when first ap-plied ; and they have had to withstand theexceptionally hard usage which falls tothe lot of school and text-books. Theseoaken boards continued in general use bybinders down to the close of the eigh-teenth century, and for some time after-ward, were not altogether supersededby the cardboards now universally em-ployed. The manner in which these thinveneers of wood have retained theirshape is quite remarkable. They haveneither warped n
Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . ion, is undoubtedly in its originalboards, which are, as may be seen, as per-fect, sound and true as when first ap-plied ; and they have had to withstand theexceptionally hard usage which falls tothe lot of school and text-books. Theseoaken boards continued in general use bybinders down to the close of the eigh-teenth century, and for some time after-ward, were not altogether supersededby the cardboards now universally em-ployed. The manner in which these thinveneers of wood have retained theirshape is quite remarkable. They haveneither warped nor cracked through allthese years, and have successfully defiedalike the cold and dampness of themouldy cellars and the heat of the sun-scorched garrets into which they wereflung to neglect. Moreover, they haveproved a somewhat better barrier thantheir pasteboard successors to the ravagesof the book-worm ; for are we not told *This must. I judge, have been Peter , the first of that noted family of en-gravers and copper-plate
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