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Individual Book Details: D0035

Record Date
08/01/2024
Collection Name
1841 Great Britain
Ownership Type
Archive
Owner
National Library of Scotland
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
1841 Book of Mormon
Provenance
Rebound in 1900’s. Library notes list this as coming from legal deposit when first published. Presumably originally from Library of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh (Advocates Library) and transferred with when Advocates Library entrusted their non-law books to the National Library of Scotland.
Unique Features
Spine: Rebound navy blue buckram cloth, standard for library volumes
Spine Lettering and Label: Title in gold lettering on spine, year mark on bottom and library mark on top edge
Cover: Rebound blue library cover, no markings on front cover.
Binding: Rebound new pastedown and endpapers. Library mark on first endpaper verso center of page.
Title Page: Present, repaired tipping in gutter. pencil mark “x” on top edge above title. Brown spots in gutter near first paragraph and one on horizontal line below second paragraph.
Text: Full text block, no reported markings
Inscription: None reported
Notes: 2023-2024 part of a digitization project between the Library and Google Books.

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