Cloth binding for Birket Foster’s ‘Beauties of English Landscape’

Unsigned

1874

Cloth binding

10 x 8 inches

Though not quite in the same rank of the best gift books of the sixties, this cadeau of 1874 is still an impressive artefact. The cover, by an anonymous hand, is boldly conceived, with a gilt border and large titling that adds a note of glamour. [Commentary continues below.]

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