Binding for Parables from Nature (1865) designed by Harry Rogers (original) (raw)

Binding for Mrs. Gatty's “Parables from Nature”

Harry Rogers, designer

1865. Signed

Crimson publishers' cloth with elaborate gilt blocking

9 x 6 1/2 inches

This elaborate design in the Renaissance style combines geometrical panels and foliate arabesques.

Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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