Unsigned binding for Goldsmith’s ‘The Traveller’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for Goldsmith’s ‘The Traveller’

[1858]

Sand cloth gilt

8¾ x 6 inches

A finely-worked design, suggestive of a Persian carpet or an illuminated page from an Islamic text, but unrelated to the text.

Scan and text by Simon Cooke [Click on image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]

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