Q: What do you think of this? No date. Knickerbocker’s History of New York

A: Your book is part of the Vademecum Series. and was published in 1903.

All of the titles in this series are reprints. The books were originally sold within a labeled boxes. An example is shown below.

During this year many different cloth colors have been seen. There were more than 40 appliqué pictures pasted on the cover template.

The picture on any one book is generally part of a larger picture. See below.

For more information about the paintings on the front covers of these books see Vademecum Series.