Swatches of decorated papers and other materials were regular features of German bookbinding publications, whether books or journals. Below the swatches included with Paul Kersten's
Der Exakte Bucheinband (1923), one of the iconic manuals focusing the Franzband (Extra binding with 90 degree joint and laced-on (usually) boards. The text appeared in multiple editions with the 1909 available in
HathiTrust.
Swatches there start on page 223.
Notice how the vendors for the papers are listed with/below the swatches, as well as what the paper the swatches are mounted on. This is allows the binder for whom the publications were written to know exactly where to procure them.
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| Title Page |
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| Vorsatz (endpaper) and Überzug (covering paper). |
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| Marbled papers. |
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| More marbled papers of various kinds. |
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| More endpapers. |
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