Embossed, Green-Leather Cover for Lever's "Davenport Dunn" by "Phiz" (April 1859) (original) (raw)

Embossed cover

Illustrator: Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)

Engraver: Dalziel

1 April 1859

Morocco with gilt

21.4 cm (6 ⅜ inches) high by 13.7 cm (5 ½ inches) wide

Embossed, green leather cover for Charles Lever's Davenport Dunn: A Man of Our Day, designed for the 1859, single-volume edition (military regalia refer to the Crimean War).

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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