A binding by Harrison Weir for his book, ‘Animal Stories Old and New’. (original) (raw)

Printed binding

Harrison Weir

[1886]

A binding made up of printed glossy paper pasted onto cardboard.

10 x 8½ inches

Weir wrote and illustrated the text, as well as providing an original design for the front cover. The engraver is once again Edmund Evans, who printed Weir’s designs used coloured wood-blocks.

• Harrison Weir

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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