Re: Withinside

[Patrick Spedding <expelspam@GMAIL.COM>]

The Websters definition makes little sense ("1. In the inner parts;
inside."); so I would be interested in the answer too.

Patrick

On 10/19/06, James Burmester <james.burmester@btconnect.com> wrote:
> I am cataloguing a 1785 children's book published by John Marshall of London
> in about 1785.  On the title-page, beneath the imprint and the price appear
> the words "N.B. The lettering of this book is withinside."  Doubtless this
> is a question to which any professional librarian or bookseller will know
> the answer, but I don't, and I should be most grateful if someone can tell
> me (off-list unless they think the answer might be of general interest) what
> this phrase means.
>
> James Burmester
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