BY STIKEMAN
CA. 1871
CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEW AND OLD
WORDS EDITED BY HENRY RAMSDEN BRAMLEY
MUSIC EDITED BY JOHN STAINER
ILLUSTRATIONS ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL
*** JEAN GROLIER INFLUENCED ART NOUVEAU BINDING BY STIKEMAN ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONGS & LYRICS ~ RARE ILLUSTRATED ANTIQUE BOOK ***
London: Novello & George Routledge and Sons, no date, circa 1871.
• measures about 10.25'' x 7.5''
• full crimson levant morocco leather binding by Stikeman [stamped "Bound by Stikeman & Co." on rear turn-in]
• intricate Art Nouveau style inlaid leather and embossed gold gilt stamping and lettering - the design is highly influenced by Claude de Picques bindings from the Jean Grolier collection
• on the front and rear: Gilt Mistletoe Sprigs and Floral Garland, Inlaid Orange Amaryllis Flowers and Tan Intersecting Bands
• on the spine: Gilt Lettering and Calla Lilies in Six Compartments
• on the inside covers: Wide Gilt-Decorated Leather Turn-ins over Marbled Endpapers
• textblock top edge gilt
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• music and lyrics illustrated with copious Dalziel engravings
• 91 pages + index + book ads + original cloth covers included at end of book
• in original red leather-edged board slipcase covered in marbled paper (different paper used for inside and outside)
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