Are the edges of the pages gilt?
If not then I would guess that for 6pence the purchaser received the text
in a gilt decorated binding of some sort with printed labels ("lettering")
inside the book, in a manner previously discussed on this list.
C.J. Scheiner
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> I can also confirm that the note "Price six pence, bound, gilt, and
> lettered" appears beneath the imprint and above the "Withinside" >note.
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> On the title-page, beneath the imprint and the price appear
>the words "N.B. The lettering of this book is withinside."
> James Burmester: Rare Books