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PML 7242
Published:
London : F.S. Ellis ..., 1870.
Description:
xi, [1], 282, [2] p. ; 19 cm
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First ed. Cf. Rossetti, W.M. in the Bibliographer, v. 1, 1902, p. 428. P. 275 misnumbered 27.
"London: Strangeways and Walden, Printers ..."--P. [283].
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Binding:
Green-blue morocco, gilt, all edges gilt and gauffered, brocade endpapers. By T.J. Cobden Sanderson, 1891, with his autograph note on fly leaf. In red morocco slipcase.
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Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, a lawyer by profession, took up binding in 1883 at the urging of Jane Burden Morris, Pre-Raphaelite muse and William Morris's wife. Janey's instincts were on the mark: Cobden-Sanderson proved to be not just a talented amateur but a highly skilled designer and gilder. His bindings set the mark for designer bookbinders for decades, his tools and layouts revolutionizing the aesthetic of fine bookbinding. This is one of his most attractive, balanced, and accomplished bindings.