Binding for Andrew Lang's “Grass of Parnassus”
Captain Gladstone
1888
Tooled blue morocco
Richly bound in full dark blue gilt tooled morocco with all-over shaped circle and oval motif made up of bluebell blossoms, five onlaid flowers, on both covers and spine. With wide gilt decorated dentelles, a feature of Gladstone’s design.
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Photograph and text by Edward Nudelman