Paper binding for ‘The Age We Live In’
John Leighton
[1884]
Paper binding
Unsigned, but by Leighton
Another of Leighton’s elaborate designs, focused on the imperial iconography of the Queen, with roundels at the corners announcing the communication technologies that link parts of the empire.
Photograph © The British Library Board, reproduced with permission, and text by Simon Cooke [Click on image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]