Curious Incidents in the Life of a BookThis series of photos is of the work Sermones de Tiempo
Curious Incidents in the Life of a BookThis series of photos is of the work Sermones de Tiempo by Luis de Granada, Madrid, 1791.–The first 3 are of the vellum cover, an apparent antiphonal, unknown date, and binders’ waste from an 1844 French text on political science. –The next is the beginning of the text at page 33. –Internal sewing. –End of text at page 430 and a further look at the sewing. The published work continued to 496 pages. –Back cover. This treatment presents too many questions to list.HelenDec 12, 2015 -- source link
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