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Title: Quotations of Benjamin Franklin Scaleboard Binding

Quotations of Benjamin Franklin Scaleboard Binding

Quotations of Benjamin Franklin Scaleboard Binding

Quotations of Benjamin Franklin | bound by artist in 2011 | $125

Applewood Books, Bedford, MA, 2003

6.75x4x.25"

Scaleboard binding: text block stabbed and alum tawed thongs laced through the slots and ends glued to the top of horizontal-grain birch plywood boards. Calf spine, boards covered in Ruscombe Mills handmade paper. As customary for modest bindings in this style, no paring or headbands, turn-ins pleated at corners. Structure based on Julia Miller’s research.