Binding designed by Charles Bennett for Paul de Mussett’s "Mr Wind and Madam Rain" (1864) (original) (raw)

Binding for Mr Wind and Madam Rain

Charles Bennett, designer

1864

Gilt interlace, produced using a brass die, on purple cloth

6¼ x 5 inches

A version of an illustration on page one. The gilt design functions a a proleptic image to draw the reader in. The binding shown here is rather faded, although in its original condition the book must have been a typically cheerful publication, competing with many others for the purchaser’s attention.

Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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