Manly P. Hall Collection, Box 10

A full-page decorative marbled paper design. The pattern consists of numerous tightly wound "snail" or "shell-like" spirals distributed across the surface. The color palette features bold black swirls intermixed with smaller patches of ochre-orange and muted red-brown on a cream-colored base. This style of marbling was common for book endpapers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This illustration depicts a traditional "coquille" or "snail" pattern, a specialized technique in bookbinding where the paper is manipulated on a liquid size to create swirling, shell-like motifs.