Binding for The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

John Sliegh, designer

1857

An elaborate gilt design produced using a brass die, on navy blue cloth.

9 x 7 inches

A typical Sliegh design, incorporating naturalistic motifs but treating them in a strictly geometrical manner.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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