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This binding is a geometric juxtaposition of blue and red morocco leathers with a centerpiece, also sporting tooled decoration in gilt, in white parchment. The binding is signed by G. Samucewicz, and although one sees mention of the binder in various…

This speckled calf binding is created using a technique of depositing fine drops of acid on the binding’s leather to achieve the visual effect. A late 19th or early 20th century rebinding, this binding is executed in the “Cambridge” style. Very…

This photograph shows a group of women demonstrating during the Toronto International Women's Day rally in 1978. They are at the beginning of the march and holding a banner with the inscription "International Women's Day"

The paper that makes up the cover for this little French comedy of the 17th century has been created with a technique new for this era: hand block printed paper, termed “dominoté” in French. The motif used here has been printed and then the colours…

This binding of parchment on boards displays stab holes within its covers for ties (now missing). The spine label is in red morocco, with the title “Juvenalis et Persius” tooled on in gold. There is tooling in gold on front and back covers, with the…

This is a typical example of the decoration of binding using the technique of gilding. While generally ornamental decorations were applied by means of gilding irons and rolls onto the spine, here we have a something of a portrait, a personification…

Although over fifteen hundred years after the fact, scholars have yet to agree on a date of activity for Latin historian Justinus. Depending on the source consulted, Justinus is said to have flourished anywhere from the 2nd century AD to the 4th…

The photograph is a rear view of a woman, seemingly with osteoporosis, looking out from the edge of a sidewalk.