TWENTIETH-CENTURY AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
BINDINGS -- John KEATS (1795-1821). Sonnets, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902, sm. 4° (120 x 100mm.). Contemporary red pictorial morocco gilt by Riviere, the upper cover with an Art Nouveau design depicting poppies, the stems and leaves in gilt, the petals depicted with buff calf inlays, top edge gilt.
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BINDINGS -- John KEATS (1795-1821). Sonnets, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902, sm. 4° (120 x 100mm.). Contemporary red pictorial morocco gilt by Riviere, the upper cover with an Art Nouveau design depicting poppies, the stems and leaves in gilt, the petals depicted with buff calf inlays, top edge gilt.
CAMPION, Thomas (1567-1620). Songs, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902. 12° (100 x 65mm.). Contemporary blue morocco gilt by Riviere, the upper cover decorated in gilt showing a lute surmounting a scrolling foliate design, surrounded by a sun-burst, with small gilt hearts in the double-fillet border, the spine in 6 compartments, lettered in two, heart motif in the rest, top edge gilt.
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). Poems, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902. Sm. 4° (120 x95mm.). Contemporary crushed buff morocco gilt by Riviere, the covers with green strapwork borders containing stylised flowers outlined in gilt, the petals formed with red calf inlays, on a textured gilt ground, the spine gilt in six compartments, lettered in one, the others each with a red calf Tudor rose on a textured gilt ground, top edge gilt, in slipcase. NUMBER 59 OF 60 COPIES ON VELLUM.
With 3 other finely-bound books by Gay and Rossetti. Provenance: From the collection of Violet Trefusis. (6)
CAMPION, Thomas (1567-1620). Songs, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902. 12° (100 x 65mm.). Contemporary blue morocco gilt by Riviere, the upper cover decorated in gilt showing a lute surmounting a scrolling foliate design, surrounded by a sun-burst, with small gilt hearts in the double-fillet border, the spine in 6 compartments, lettered in two, heart motif in the rest, top edge gilt.
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). Poems, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902. Sm. 4° (120 x95mm.). Contemporary crushed buff morocco gilt by Riviere, the covers with green strapwork borders containing stylised flowers outlined in gilt, the petals formed with red calf inlays, on a textured gilt ground, the spine gilt in six compartments, lettered in one, the others each with a red calf Tudor rose on a textured gilt ground, top edge gilt, in slipcase. NUMBER 59 OF 60 COPIES ON VELLUM.
With 3 other finely-bound books by Gay and Rossetti. Provenance: From the collection of Violet Trefusis. (6)