Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . _-/ */r/ */</ /*<?* t-r l . several predominant styles of book-coverdecoration, w hich have been pronounced*as incapable of further development orof finer expression, and of which wenever weary, are seldom found upon thebindings attributed to these masters; andin order to decipher the minute charac-ters, in which the signature of the modernbibliopegist is all but concealed., at thefoot of the inside cover, one almost re-quires the use of a magnifving glass. within it attests, at Franklins Head, 41Hanover Square, New York. It is insprinkled

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Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . _-/ */r/ */</ /*<?* t-r l . several predominant styles of book-coverdecoration, w hich have been pronounced*as incapable of further development orof finer expression, and of which wenever weary, are seldom found upon thebindings attributed to these masters; andin order to decipher the minute charac-ters, in which the signature of the modernbibliopegist is all but concealed., at thefoot of the inside cover, one almost re-quires the use of a magnifving glass. within it attests, at Franklins Head, 41Hanover Square, New York. It is insprinkled calf, full gilt, as a cataloguerwould describe it. the sides ornamentedwith a scroll border and an oval centre-piece, in the Etruscan style, so-called,a style common to the architecture, the *The Federalist: A Collection of EssaysWritten in Favour of the New Constitution. 2volumes. Printed and sold by J. & A. MLean,No. 41 Hanover Square,

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