Binding by Robert Barnes for Sidney Grey’s ‘Story-Land’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for ‘Story-Land’

Robert Barnes

[1884]

Laminated card binding with coloured wood-engravings; engraved by Edmund Evans

9¾ x 8 inches

A pleasing juvenile, illustrated in colour by Robert Barnes and engraved by Edmund Evans. The front cover reproduces an illustration on page 99; Barnes (in all likelihood) also designed the floral border [Commentary continues below.]

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