Illustrations from The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. Bound by A.R. Keller & Co., Inc. "The Royal Edition is limited to five copies of which this is No. 1"--Colophon.
Publication Information: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1882. Physical Description: 10 v. in 20 : front. (port.), plates; 26 cm. Subject Term: Bookbinding -- Specimens. Donor Information: J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Collection.
Elaborately bound in light red morocco with gilt edges, four raised bands and gold lettering and tooling on spines, decorative floral borders with green and beige flowers on front and rear covers and spines, surrounded by double thin gold lines and single broad gold line. This decorative floral pattern in gold is repeated on inside front and rear covers with color plates mounted in center surrounded by the same gold line patterns around outside edges and single line around plates. Endpapers are marbled in green, red, and gold. Even the raised spine bands have decorative tooling.
