#finebindings

A handful of the 150 images I took today at The Wormsley. Including William Morris’s first attempt at calligraphy, an exceptional example of his later hand, Shakespeare folios 1-4, a Caxton Chaucer, some Paul Bonét bindings, etc etc. Simply an astounding day. #wormsleyestate #finebindings #artbinding #designbinding #artistbook #williammorris #paulbonet #shakespeare #caxton #chaucer (at Wormsley Estate) https://www.instagram.com/p/CidtZsKoigk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

An early fitness book for the aspiring strongman dandy, subtitled How to Stay Strong, from the late 1870s. #rarebooks #finebindings #dandy #exercise #fitness #antiques #antiquarian #antiquebooks #decor #bookdecor

Victorian edition of The Three Guardsmen (or, as we know it, The Three Musketeers), circa 1885. #victorian #antiques #antiquebooks #dumas #finebindings #publishersbinding #victorianbooks #bookdecor

Charles Kingsley's book-length fairy tale in heavily decorated publisher's cloth. #rarebooks #publishersbinding #antiquebooks #victorianbooks #antiquarianbooks #finebindings #fairytales #childrensbooks #bookdecor #decoratedbooks

Poems by Ingelow (ca1885), with a spine so perfectly sunned it looks to have been printed that way. #rarebooks #finebindings #victorianbooks #antiquebooks #bookdecor

John Milton's complete works, with a Paradise Lost that has been illustrated by Gustave Dore and others. #rarebooks #victorianbooks #finebindings #publishersbinding #antiquebooks #bookdecor #decoratedbooks #gustavedore #antiquarianbooks