Design binding on: Plays of Shakespeare, London, 1825.
Pierced vellum binding with alum-tawed goatskin spine. Original sewing and gilt edges retained. New Roma laid paper endsheets. Front bead silk endbands. Tooled in gold and colored foil. Titled in gold on a black goatskin “pull strap” across the spine. Signed in gold on the lower pastedown.
Tyvek single-tray enclosure.
3 1/8” x 2 1/8” x 5/8”. 8 x 5.4 x 1.5 cm.
Date of binding: 2010-2011
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