Items matching book covers taken from Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)
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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Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.
The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.
The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.
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