Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 188
useum.Over the printed slip a piece ofhorn is put, kept in place by strips of brass fastened withnails having facetted tops, but it must be noted that afterabout 1820 the facetted tops were often replaced byflat heads. Like all books or objects which were originally cheap andcommon, horn books are… … Fig. 85. — English seven-teenth century horn book. 166 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. very difficult thing to say positively whether a givenspecimen is genuinely old or not. Modern frauds are oftenwrong in either the printing, the paper, the horn, or thenails, but they are often right as to…
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