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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 286
now,unbound books. Purchasers wanted an article easy to handle, Early Examples. 267 which they were not obliged to return for ulterior em-bellishment. So to the public the first printed books were presentedbound in wooden boards covered with calfskin. At the fourcorners of the larger sized volumes,… … Fig. 152.—Bibliomaniac of the Ship 0/ Fools. (Fig. 152), to get an idea of these depositories; before himmay be seen ranged on a desk large folios, with bosses ontheir sides, in the shelves, so defying the dust, instead ofbeing placed upright on their edges, which rendered themliable to spots and…
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