Could it be a reference to a separately printed label to be pasted on
the spine or cover, in the case of a card or paper binding? Or a
similar loose sheet with directions to the binder for the lettering on a
leather binding? especially if the binder's title differed, as so often,
from the title page.
Just a guess. I am assuming the NB is printed and not inscribed.
Knowing what the binding is would influence which guess I went for.
Regards,
Jane
Jane Wickenden
Historic Collections Librarian
INM
Alverstoke
023 9276 8238
-----Original Message-----
From: Exlibris [mailto:EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME] On Behalf Of James
Burmester
Sent: 19 October 2006 12:23
To: EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME
Subject: [EXLIBRIS] Withinside
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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