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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
#Caturday returns with a fiendish looking feline in profile on this tooled and painted leather book cover. Seriously, this lion has attitude. Functioning like a dust jacket, this cover is many steps above our paper bag text book covers from school days, albeit similarly illuminated in some cases…
Book Cover. 19th Century.
Leather ; 8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches (closed) ; 13 x 6 ¼ inches (open).