The Present State of Morocco

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Creator

JOHN WANSBROUGH

Title

The Present State of Morocco

Coverage

London

Publisher

Faulder & Rodwell

Date

1811

Subject

First mentioned on the library jib door at Lamport Hall.

Description

An analysis of the techniques by which leather is producedfor bookbinding, as it is currently practiced in Casablanca. The books on the jib door in the library at Lamport Hall areintended as jokes on the fact that that the spines are made ofpainted wood:

Carpenter’s Works,
Greenwood on Logic,
Deal’s Dictionary,
False Appearances,
and
The Present State of Morocco.