ENGLISH SACRED POETRY OF THE OLDEN TIME.

Sm.4to, (224x160mm), xvi,191p. 32 steel-engraved illustrations engraved by Edward Whymper after George Du Maurier, Noel Humphreys, John Tenniel and others. Original purple sand-grain cloth, ornately blocked in gilt and blind to a design by John Leighton with the title in a roundel in the centre of the front and rear covers within an arabesque frame incorporating the names of four poets in roundels in the corners, the whole within an elaborately decorated border, all edges gilt; backstrip and edges faded. King (Victorian decorated trade bindings 441) cites this binding design in considerable detail and illustrates another variant copy in green cloth; however, a binding ticket of Westleys, present in both the copies noted by King, is not found in the copy we offer. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if necessary the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.