https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-FamilyMagazine-1889/pages/000-front-cover/

A quarter-leather book cover with marbled boards

Strange to think there may be people who have not seen such a thing. Marbling was also very common on endpapers, stuck to the inside cover and the start of the book to help hold it together.

Marbling is almost a lost art today; e.g. fewer than 12 pro marblers left in the UK.

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