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National Encyclopedia of Business and Social Forms The Laws of Etiquette

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    Posted 1 year ago

    dav2no1
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    National Encyclopedia of Business and Social Forms The Laws of Etiquette

    Author: McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883
    Circa: 1878-1881

    My sister and I were buying some vintage glass from a seller that was moving. I commented on her book and she just gave it to me. The book has a great hard cover and gilded pages. The book has fancy pictures with paper page protectors.

    It's a very interesting book that covers everything from letter writing to table manners. There's sections on the art of writing poetry(including poems), legal forms, the language and sentiment of flowers, home amusement(swimming, croquet, etc.), collection of debt, wedding anniversaries and more.

    I noticed looking at other copies online, that the copyright page has a misprint area through the date.

    ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS?
    Sounds fancy..
    "Starting in 1802, that phrase was required by U.S. Copyright law to be on works for which a rights holder wanted copyright protection. The phrase simply means that the rights holder was claiming copyright to the work so that others could not make or distribute unauthorized copies.

    Starting in June of 1874, rights holders could shorten the phrase to the word “Copyright” and the year the copyright was entered."

    The style of entry shown in this book was after 1870.

    IS ALL THAT GLITTERS GOLD?
    "Book-edge finishing was historically used for very high-value books. In the past, every valuable and special book had an edge covered in gold, chalk, graphite or dye. The gilded edge was the highest quality method and was done with real gold leaf."

    BUT WHY?
    Not only did it make the books look good but there was a purpose.

    "Gilt edging seals off the edge of the paper so that dust cannot infiltrate, or at least be impeded from getting in."

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      **link for early Congress entry and copyrights.

      https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2015/07/a-grand-entry-entered-according-to-act-of-congress/
    2. jscott0363 jscott0363, 1 year ago
      Dave,
      This is really something! I never knew there were ever laws of etiquette. Very nice book!!
    3. keramikos, 1 year ago
      dav2no1, Very cool. :-)

      That's a very interesting tidbit about the purpose of gilding the book-edges.

      I used to have an old copy of Emily Post. I don't recall the year of the edition, but one section advised on how wide the black border should should be on one's stationery depending on how long one had been in mourning. Yeah. };-)

      A little mood music (You shouldn't let your manners slip):

      Pretenders - Precious - Capitol Theatre - Sept 27th 1980

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69jUwYWxens
    4. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 year ago
      Thanks Scott & Kera. Glad you found the post interesting.
    5. dav2no1 dav2no1, 5 months ago
      Can someone report quintanbarnes as a spammer. I cannot report my own post. I can delete the comment but want them removed from the forum

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