Items matching book covers taken from Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)
book covers: the outside of a book, either the front of the book or the spine, showing the binding and any decoration or lettering. Note that older books, especially before 1800 or so, were usually sold unbound: when you bought a book you took it to a book binder, who would make a cover to order, usually to match the other books you owned.
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Images from The Magazine of Art. Illustrated (c. 1878), published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris and New York.
I have marked these images as being in the public domain, but I am actually not certain if this is correct in all cases. You have been warned!
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