[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson E-List 12 the text on handmade paper

the text on handmade paper

An unusual--and quite scarce--example of arts & crafts bookmaking

Three gilt rules to rear cover

Measures 4" x 6

then "Delphi Lodge

[Fine Binding | Riviere & Son] The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson E-List 12 the text on handmade paperTennyson, Alfred Lord. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate. London: Macmillan, 1899. Frontispiece profile portrait of Tennyson. Bound in dark blue green morocco by Riviere & Son, with a large inlaid red flower to the front board, with details in gilt, and gilt stem along with smaller tooled bud. Five bands to spine with title in the second compartment. Gilt ruled turn ins with small leaves at corners, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.