The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 68
oaken covers with a pig-skin back; a part of the strap which held ittogether still remains. The iron chain is to be seen riveted to thewooden cover. The description attached to it shows it to havebrought at a public sale £ 2 8 s. THE LIBRARY.Fig. 7. 61 … Books appear to have made their way more slowly in Englandthan in France; yet in the fifteenth century we find books men-tioned; and in the curious Paston Letters is a catalogue of thoseowned by that family. These were probably manuscripts madebefore the days of printing. In 1427 the widow of Lord…
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