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Accession number:
PML 7242
Published:
London : F.S. Ellis ..., 1870.
Description:
xi, [1], 282, [2] p. ; 19 cm
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P. 275 misnumbered 27.
"London: Strangeways and Walden, Printers ..."-- p. [283].
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Binding:
19th-century green-blue morocco, gilt, all edges gilt and gauffered, brocade endleaves, bound by T.J. Cobden Sanderson, 1891, inscribed: "Bound by me at Goodyers Hendon 1891, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson. 'She had three lilies in her hand,/ And the stars in her hair were seven'" (rear endleaf) and stamped at foot of spine.
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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.