CAMEO BOOK-STAMPS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED
London: Edward Arnold, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. The most acclaimed study of the practice of impressing leather bookbindings with a stamp. Large octavo: xvi, [208] pp. with 151 illustrations of cameo book-stamps. The subjects include Abraham and Isaac, Anne Boleyn, Charlemagne, Queen Elizabeth I, the Lion of St. Mark, Philip Melancthon, the Tudor rose, the goddess Fortuna, St. George, etc. Original brown cloth binding, with a cameo stamped in black on the front panel and gilt-stamped titling on the spine. Small bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown. The spine is a trifle toned, with some minor edgewear to the boards; otherwise very good. Very good. Item #78993
Price: $100.00