København, Bianco Luno, 1873.
8vo (180 x 115 mm). Exquisitely bound in a sumptuous richly gilt full morocco binding (stamped Jakob Baden) with five raised bands with richly gilt spine. Front board with elaborate gilt floral ornamentation. Back board with two single line gilt rules fillets. Both boards with inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Front board with minor loss of the gilt ornamentation. 266 pp.
Finely executed bookbinding by renowned Danish bookbinder Jakob Baden (1861 - 1940) "A gold medal winner at the great Paris Exhibition of 1900, Jakob Baden of Copenhagen is a binder of considerable Continental reputation. He works as a modern experimental craftsman, using materials and processes to give expression to images of nature, as well as in the more formal exercises of design" (The Art Journal, 1907).
Order-nr.: 63000