Embossed Cover for Milman's The History of Christianity

Embossed Cover for Milman's The History of Christianity

1867

Full leather binding with black and red plus gold stamping and embossing

7 x 4 1/8 inches

This elegant three-volume set of Victorian classic book on ancient Christianity by the Dean of St. Paul's bears the seal of Magdalen College, Oxford deeply embossed in gold, on both covers. I do not know if the publisher or college had the book bound, but the college seal would have been added after purchase if Magdalen had not used its own binder. This luxurious binding, distinguished by precise stamping, provides an interesting contrast to both the inexpensively bound Newnman volume and the decorated red and gold covers of Hemans' poems.

Photograph and text by George P. Landow. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]

References

Milman, Henry Hart. The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire. 3 vols. New and revised ed. London: John Murray, 1867.

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