Binding of Shelley’s “Rosalind and Helen”
Sangorski and Sutcliffe
Circa 1895
Leather
First edition. Exquisitely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full crushed navy blue morocco with lavish flower and leaf patterning stamped in gilt with over 130 morocco onlays on both covers and spine gilt in compartments. Gilt decorated dentelles, tan silk endpapers.
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Photograph and text by Edward Nudelman