Autograph collecting: a practical manual for amateurs and historical students Containing ample information on the selection and arrangement of autographs, the detection of forged specimens, &c., &c To which are added numerous facsimiles for study and reference, and an extensive valuation table of autographs worth collecting. . evelation sufficient toabsorb the mind for hours; but if all the original bloomof the autograph has been destroyed by distorting it, half itspower of conjuring up the past will certainly have not therefore stick the autographs in albums or mountthem in any ma
Autograph collecting: a practical manual for amateurs and historical students Containing ample information on the selection and arrangement of autographs, the detection of forged specimens, &c., &c To which are added numerous facsimiles for study and reference, and an extensive valuation table of autographs worth collecting. . evelation sufficient toabsorb the mind for hours; but if all the original bloomof the autograph has been destroyed by distorting it, half itspower of conjuring up the past will certainly have not therefore stick the autographs in albums or mountthem in any manner, but simply lay them carefully in afolded sheet of cartridge-paper. In this way they can be seenand handled, and enjoyed. Should any be frail through agethey need not be removed from the protecting cartridge-paper,as they could be sufficiently examined whilst lying on it, andturned over in any direction without being touched. When,however, a large series of the letters of one person is possessed,it is well to have these nicely bound into one or more volumesby some able and experienced binder, together with illustrationsof all kinds suitable to the subject-matter and the the British Museum and elsewhere, numerous examples offinely-bound volumes of autographs of Royal and illustriouspersonages may be CHAPTER XXVII. Manner of Arranging Collections, Engravings, Etc. ^E have already stated that the best method ofpreserving autographs, so that they can behandled and enjoyed, is by placing themwithin sheets of cartridge-paper, without anyfastening whatever. On the cartridge-papermay be pasted biographical notices obtained from newspapers,or cut out of biographies, together with the book-plate,arms, and other memorabilia of the writer; and alsoenclosed with the letter, but perhaps without pasting,should be portraits, views, facsimile letters, and anythingof interest concerning the personage, so that when oneturns these sheets over to quietly enjoy the sight of the
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