[Fine Binding] The Art of England and the Pleasures of England Drop 2 Sidney Meteyard

Sidney Meteyard

Cockerell's stamp (dated 1899) on rear turn-in

Dwiggins executed the decorations

outer gilt flower & leaf gilt frame flanked with thick blind tooled rules

[Fine Binding] The Art of England and the Pleasures of England Drop 2 Sidney MeteyardRuskin, John. The Art of England and the Pleasures of England. George Allen, 1898. "New edition in small form". Bound in cream colored pigskin for Hatchard's of Piccadilly, with front cover featuring a design of large Tudor roses and leaf clusters connected by curving gouges, surrounding the title in gilt. Title and author in gilt to 2nd and 3rd compartments of spine, remaining compartments decorated with gouges, leaves, and blooming thistle tool.