> Rauri McLean's Victorian Publisher's Book-Bindings in Paper gives
early examples and Paul Barker's (I may be wrong on the author but it
is a BL based authority) article in The Library on wrappers would
also be helpful. It is difficult to be sure a cover on a book was
actually there at the time of a printed date. It is always nice to
find one with a dated inscription.
--
Gene
Many thanks for your reply to my Exlibris question: the group is fulfilling
its function.
It would help if my memory was better. The article I found useful is
by William Jackson and published in the Harvard Library Bulletin,
titled Printed Wrappers of the Fiftennth to the Eighteenth Centuries.
I wasn't smart enough to copy the title page or date. I was confusing
Jackson's article with the one you mentioned by Jonathan Hill in The
Library .