Manly P. Hall Collection, Box 3

[A detailed description of a decorative hand-marbled paper pattern, typically used as an endpaper in high-quality 17th- to 19th-century bookbinding. The design features irregular, tan-colored cells with fine dark stippling, framed by a network of dark red and blue-black "veins."]

Marbled paper was a hallmark of fine binding, often used to protect the interior manuscript.