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Autograph receipted bills (35).

BIB_ID
129993
Accession number
MA 3889
Creator
Payne, Roger, 1739-1797.
Description
35 items.
Notes
These generally are not dated or addressed. A bill dated July 21, 1786 (no. 1) is addressed to Messrs. Wier [Richard Weir, later a partner of Payne] and an undated one (no. 3) is addressed to Mr. [Michael] Wodhull. A number of the books here billed for, are known to have been bound by Payne for Wodhull.
Invoice no. 15 describes work on a copy of the works of Apollonius Rhodius, possibly the Morgan Library & Museum copy of the Florence, 1496 Argonautica, PML 45611, ChL 1168a.
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Summary
For binding books, including the repairing, cleaning and mending leaves, illuminating initials, titles-pages, etc.