Inside Out Library
Early America bookbinding and kindred subjects (1902)
Andrews, William Loring · New York : Dodd, Mead & Company · leaf 13
is a modest attemptat decoration, but the book now stands inneed of none, for the rich mahogany col-our and glossy surface which the leatherhas acquired through careful reverent touch, and its strong and honest con-struction inspires one with a feeling ofrespect for both the book and its maker. It… … ©hr psalms of £>atto /)rr,/r /A,, //.i. . use, and the alchemy of time, make fullamends for all other deficiencies. Thissombre-looking volume, from the handsof the pre-Revolutionary typographer, isindeed a very pleasant thing to sight and *This is an ornamental operation appliedafter the book…Bookbinding
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