Binding by W. R. Tymms for Florence Lacomb's ‘Indian Fables’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for ‘Indian Fables’

W. R. Tymms; signed on front board

[1863]

Cloth binding

10 x 7½ x inches

A rare book, with an intricate binding by Tymms. The roundels represent the animals that feature in the stories and the use of gilt projects the luxuriousness of the volume's contents.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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