A Book of Irish Verse.
London: Methuen and Co., 1895. 8vo (190 x 130 mm). Elaborate full green morocco by Sullivan with his signature 'E.S. Aurifex' on lower cover, gilt floral motifs and tooling, smooth spine with similar tooling, morocco inlays to both covers and along spine, turn-ins, a.e.g., Condition : offsetting from turn-ins to endpapers; small light scuff mark to tail of spine. Provenance: The Collection of Harry and Virginia Walton. Sullivan (1851-1937) considered himself a 'finisher' and signed himself Aurifex, meaning worker in gold. He would order plain leather bindings and decorate them to his individual style. The rubbings of his bindings are now in the Huntington Library.
A Book of Irish Verse.
London: Methuen and Co., 1895. 8vo (190 x 130 mm). Elaborate full green morocco by Sullivan with his signature 'E.S. Aurifex' on lower cover, gilt floral motifs and tooling, smooth spine with similar tooling, morocco inlays to both covers and along spine, turn-ins, a.e.g., Condition : offsetting from turn-ins to endpapers; small light scuff mark to tail of spine. Provenance: The Collection of Harry and Virginia Walton. Sullivan (1851-1937) considered himself a 'finisher' and signed himself Aurifex, meaning worker in gold. He would order plain leather bindings and decorate them to his individual style. The rubbings of his bindings are now in the Huntington Library.
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