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This copy of a 1607 English edition of the Geneva Bible is a vivid example of gauffered edges. The gilt edges have been decorated by using a tool or block to indent a small repeating pattern into them. The binding is of nineteenth century black morocco.

The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. London: Robert Barker, 1607.
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John Fleetwood. The life of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Glasgow: William Mackenzie, [187-?]

The front board of this Victorian era copy of Fleetwood’s Life of Christ is decorated with a blind-stamped panel. The pattern is impressed on the leather by means of an engraved wood or metal panel stamp bearing the complete design.

John Fleetwood. The life of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Glasgow: William Mackenzie, [187-?]
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Case W2 - Gauffered Edges and Blind Stamped Panel

The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. London: Robert Barker, 1607.

John Fleetwood. The life of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Glasgow: William Mackenzie, [187-?]

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