Drew, if you look at Cornell's catalogs, you will see that all of, or most of , their covers are made up. I suggest the 1908 date is not original. There are lots of other reprints out there with the wrong dates in their advertising. A Baker one comes to mind that was called 1915, but was actually a Folsom catalog from the 1920s. It started in the 80s, and even after notification of three companies doing the printing , the seller has not corrected the error. This has lead to some confusion on Baker history and I think you will find others erroneously dated. If we find an original catalog with the original date, then I stand corrected.

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