Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . nal morocco binding, for thesame tooling precisely appears upon amore ordinary copy of the book, boundin dark-brown calf of which the same li-brary is the owner. Special care wasdoubtless taken with this particular book, mmmi**~+* mm Early American Bookbinding 61 as it was a presentation copy from thereverend author to The HonourableThomas Huchinson, Esq., Lieut. Govr.,&c, of The Province of the Massachu-setts Bay in NE, but whether it wasbound in England or this country is aquestion the writer admits his inabilityto answer. A full account of th
Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects . nal morocco binding, for thesame tooling precisely appears upon amore ordinary copy of the book, boundin dark-brown calf of which the same li-brary is the owner. Special care wasdoubtless taken with this particular book, mmmi**~+* mm Early American Bookbinding 61 as it was a presentation copy from thereverend author to The HonourableThomas Huchinson, Esq., Lieut. Govr.,&c, of The Province of the Massachu-setts Bay in NE, but whether it wasbound in England or this country is aquestion the writer admits his inabilityto answer. A full account of the Bay Psalm Bookand of the numerous American, English early colonial newspapers contain, almostwithout exception, advertisements an-nouncing the preparedness of the printersand publishers thereof to undertake thebinding of books. These paragraphs re-cur as constantly as do the now seem-ingly shameful proclamations of rewardsoffered for the return of runaway slavesand notices of slaves for sale which, withnews from Europe three to six months. * .*>»? *>/rt l . 7iO/t/r>: &rt&i<Kiy?ra*Agrnf-<0. W/?? wyvfftir ?, </<» <f/ #J& %Sn*de* and Scotch editions through which itpassed will be found in A History ofMusic in New England, by GeorgeHood, Boston. 1846. The last edition ofthis noted Psalmody issued in this coun-try was in the year 1762. Our first typographers were, as hasbeen already stated, of necessity theirown bookbinders. The columns of our old, make up the contents of these littleweazen-faced, sallow-complected four-page journals. In Mr. William Brad-fords Gazette, the following advertise-ment appears with the regularity ofclock-work : Printed and sold by William Brad-ford in New York, where advertisementsarc taken in, and where you may have old 62 The Bookmanearbook00andr
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