A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 298
with Russia Leather, before the outside cover was put on. N.B. TheCommon practice of Book-binders is to line their Books with Brown or Cartridge Paper, thepaper Lining splits and parts from the Backs and will not last for Time and much reading. These are only a few of the curious and characteristic… … PORTRAIT OF ROGER PAYNE. (Copied from a contemporary etching done for Tom Payne the bookseller.) by his intemperate habits. He loved drink better than meat. Of this propensity ananecdote is related of a memorandum of money spent by himself, which runs thus :— For Bacon, - 1 half-penny,For Liquor, -…
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