A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
The Universal Spelling Book; or A New and Easy Guide to the English Language: to which have been added, Murray’s English Grammar, and a Copious Introduction to Arithmetic.
Author:
Fenning, Daniel
Imprint Date:
1836
Publishing Colophon:
London: Thomas Richardson and Son, 26 Paternoster Row; 9, Capel Street Dublin; and Derby.
Binding:
Full sprinkled paper binding over pasteboards.
Paper:
Kiebitz-style black sprinkling over a painted white ground
Collector's Notes:
Gift from T. P. The surface decoration seems almost to have been painted onto a very long-fibred covering material, superficially resembling cotton batting or asbestos—the characteristic corkscrew fibers observed via polarized light microscopy suggest the former.
A table of English rulers at the back of the text lists Victoria I as the current monarch as of June 20 1837.
Collection ID:
23.009