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The Germ : thoughts towards nature in poetry, literature and art

Book
1898 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Binding worked by Florence de Rheims to a design by Constance Karslake. Brown calf, gold and blind tooled with leaf and grape design on upper and lower covers. Gilt and gauffered upper edge.
Label on endpaper reads: '25 copies printed on Japan vellum, acquired by the Guild of Women Binders. This is no. 10. [Signed] Thomas B. Mosher'.







Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Germ : thoughts towards nature in poetry, literature and art (published title)
Materials and techniques
Brown calf binding with gold and blind tooling. Gilt and gauffered upper edge
Brief description
The Germ : thoughts towards nature in poetry, literature and art. Publisher: London : Guild of Women-binders, 1898.

Physical description
Binding worked by Florence de Rheims to a design by Constance Karslake. Brown calf, gold and blind tooled with leaf and grape design on upper and lower covers. Gilt and gauffered upper edge.
Label on endpaper reads: '25 copies printed on Japan vellum, acquired by the Guild of Women Binders. This is no. 10. [Signed] Thomas B. Mosher'.







Dimensions
  • Height: 23cm
Style
Production typeMass produced
Gallery label
(16/03/2018)
BOOKBINDING for The Germ. Thoughts Towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art
About 1898

Bookbinding was popular with Arts and Crafts designers, especially with women designers. The Guild of Women Binders was set up in 1898 by the London bookseller Frank Karslake who wanted to train and employ women binders at his Hampstead bindery.

Brown calf, gold and blind tooling with leaf and grape design on covers; gilt and gauffered upper edge
Binding made by the Guild of Women Binders; worked by Florence de Rheims to a design by Constance Karslake
National Art Library no. L.223-1963
Object history
MS note on back of endpaper: 'silver medal at Paris Exhibition' [1900?]. Also entered into Class III of the Glasgow International Exhibition 1901; slip pasted into book after endpaper.
Other number
Drawer 78 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
L.223-1963

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Record createdAugust 17, 2017
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