Settle, Elkanah ( 1648-1724 )
An English playwright and hack versifier, who
composed topical poems which he bound himself, or,
more likely, had bound, as there is no direct
evidence that he was a bookbinder. Settle's
bindings were in leather and were decorated with a
rectangular frame within which he had the binder
set the arms of a likely patron. If the book did
not sell, he had the original coat of arms covered
with leather and tooled with a different arms for
another prospective purchaser. (158 )
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