[JONES, Owen]. The Preacher. The Words of the Preacher, Son of David, King of Jerusalem, [London]: Longman, 1849, 4° (280 x 198mm.), chromolithographed throughout after designs by Owen Jones (occasional light browning), original roan-backed wooden boards by Remnant, Edmonds & Remnants with simulated carved foliate decoration incorporating title on upper cover, decorated endpapers (endpapers stained), g.e.

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[JONES, Owen]. The Preacher. The Words of the Preacher, Son of David, King of Jerusalem, [London]: Longman, 1849, 4° (280 x 198mm.), chromolithographed throughout after designs by Owen Jones (occasional light browning), original roan-backed wooden boards by Remnant, Edmonds & Remnants with simulated carved foliate decoration incorporating title on upper cover, decorated endpapers (endpapers stained), g.e.

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Arthur Wood (armorial bookplate)

Lot Essay

An unusual heat-stamping process was used to create the carved effect in the wood of the binding. See Rauri Maclean's Victorian Publisher's Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather, p.31, where he conjectures that this is the only binding known to have been produced by this process, and Maggs Brothers Ltd. Catalogue 1075. Bookbinding in the British Isles, Part II, p. 192, where it is illustrated.

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