Anonymous binding for ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Unsigned

[circa 1876]

Cloth binding

10 x 7¾ inches

This is a delightful picture-book, with colour illustrations by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Extremely rare in its original binding, the volume is one of the treasures of Victorian book design. [Commentary continues below.]

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