Description1.  Hannah French, "Early American Bookbinding by Hand" from: "Bookbinding in America" Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.104. 2. "Duncan Brown, bookbinder (witness to the will of John Fedell, mariner, July 16, 1759)". Catalogue of Ornamental Leather Bookbindings Executed in America Prior to 1850, by The Grolier Club, pg. 99