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English Bards, and Scotch reviewers: a satire
In its original boards, Lord Byron's book looks much as it would have in a nineteenth-century bookshop.
Elenchus plantarum Horti Regii Botanici Matritensis
Bound in marbled paper, which typically has a veined or mottled pattern.
Saggio dell'istoria erbaria delle Alpi di Pistoja, Modena, e Lucca
Bound in paste paper, on which patterns have been impressed into colored paste.
Petite galerie d’histoire naturelle
The Petite galerie d’histoire naturelle consists of four volumes, each with an embossed and illustrated cover, on the subjects of birds, butterflies, flowers, and fruits: all features found in a cultivated garden. These little books provide the…
Flore des dames et des demoiselles
Flore des dames et des demoiselles consists of six matching volumes with green embossed bindings; the original box is pale blue with gilt edges. Small pastel volumes, sweetly illustrated, share a box, as if they were pieces of candy. The topics of…
The girdle book of Mildred Barnes Bliss
A girdle book, according to Jane Greenfield’s ABC of Bookbinding, is “a book bound upside down in a wrapper of soft leather which had a knot at one end.” The knot can be tucked into a person’s belt (or girdle) for ease of transport and quick…
