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OF MOROCCO LEATHER
BINDING.
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The Crusaders brought from Constantinople, Palestine and Egypt many specimens of the admirable bindings in morocco and silken stuffs, which, because of the resemblance of the covers to the gay plumage of a bird’s wing, were called alæ. They were copied by Italian bookbinders, but were not adopted until