Design Bindings by Individual Artists
The following two exceptional binding designs are by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and show the ideals of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in its movement towards aestheticism and away from extravagance. The Pre-Raphaelite ideal was a precursor of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Songs Before Sunrise. London: F. S. Ellis, 1871.
Below: Close-up of the three circular designs, featuring the moon, sun, and stars. |
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Rossetti, Christina. Speaking Likenesses. London: Macmillan, 1874. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. Blue cloth blocked in gold on front and spine, and in blind on back. From a design by Arthur Hughes. |
Malory, Thomas Sir. Le Morte d’Arthur. J. M. Dent, 1893-1894.
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