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The London Companion
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The London Companion
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Style: Lettered cover, eg intitals, titles; Caption: Lower cover; Colour: Blue; Edge: Sprinkled blue
Date Binding: 18c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in blind; Cover Material: Paper, plain coloured|Vellum quarter vellum
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Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: 1775; London; Mercantile Library Co
Notes Blue paper sides tooled with Mercantile Library Co in blind. Vellum spine is torn. Printed label on upper pastedown explains the experimental use of vellum spine. "The Purchasers of Books bound in the Vellum manner are desired to observe, that they are sewed much better than the Books which are bound in Leather; open easier at the Back... they may be new covered for a Penny, an Advantage that can not be obtained in Leather...St Paul's Church-yard, Sept 22, 1774.
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