Cloth binding for ‘Geraint and Enid’
Anonymous designer
[1900]
Cloth binding
5¾ x 4¼ inches
This anonymous design projects the poem’s medieval ambience in the form of an heraldic interlace; the birds are typical Nouveau motifs, and the overall effect is one of fantastical preciousness.
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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke