Victorian Bookbinding

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Fine Bindings

Bookbinders producing fine bindings in traditional styles also flourished in the Victorian period. Rivière, Sangorski and Sutcliffe, and Zaehnsdorf were all large establishments producing fine bindings for the well-to-do.

Shakespeare, William. Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare. Ed. Henry Noel Humphreys. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851.

            Binding: Papier-Mâché

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Sentiments and Similes of William Shakespeare

 

 

La Société Galante et Littéraire au XVIIIe Siècle

Bonhomme, Honoré. La Société Galante et Littéraire au XVIIIe Siècle. Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, 1880.

            Binding: Chambolle-Duru
Orange morocco leather, with paneled spine, gilt lettering, and gilt rules and stamps.

 

 

Sangorski and Sutcliffe Binding


Grimm, M. M. German Popular Stories. 2 vols. London: C. Baldwin, 1823. Binding: Sangorski and Sutcliffe.

Blue morocco leather, with paneled spine, gilt lettering, and gilt rules and stamps.

 

 

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

 Scott, Sir Walter. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. London: Frederick Warne & Company, ca.1900.

Transparent vellum (called “vellucent”) over painted paper, gold border on front, spine, and back, and gilt dentelles on inside cover. Believed to be the work of binder Cedric Chivers of Bath, England.

 

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