Cloth binding for Gatty's ‘Parables from Nature’

Unsigned binding

1864

Purple cloth, gilt

8 x 5¼ inches

This luxurious ornamental binding is made up of purple cloth overlaid with an elaborate Renaissance-style interlace in gilt, combined with a central mandorla in white with gilt lettering. The designer of this attractive cover is unknown, but it could be the work of John Leighton.

Binding by Harry Rogers for a later edition (1865)

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