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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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Page images from Volume One of Thomas Hearne’s 1745 edition of the Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. There are nine volumes in all. I have scanned all of the pages in volume one that are part of the Itinerary, but not the preface, introductions and other items. The final page has errata.

If you like, you can help this project by emailing me (liam at holoweb dot net) all of the names you see (they are mostly in italics) on any given page, and I will add them so that people can find them more easily. Ideally I’d like to add the modern spellings too. As always, use a subject line like “itinerary 037 socks: green” of “itinerary 037 barefoot” so that you get past my spam filters. I get well over a thousand messages a day.

Front Cover, Leland’s Itinerary Vol I

Front Cover, Leland’s Itinerary Vol I

The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

My copy is in nine leather-bound volumes. The bindings are loose, though, and the cover boards detached from most of the volumes.

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Added: 2006-11-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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