[Fine Binding | Edith J. Gedye] The Oxford Book of French Verse E-List 23 accented with roundels

accented with roundels

"As a piece of bookmaking nothing could be more beautiful

and on which in 1887 the former

and chips to spine tips

Crawford (translator)

[Fine Binding | Edith J. Gedye] The Oxford Book of French Verse E-List 23 accented with roundelsLucas, St. John (chosen by). The Oxford Book of French Verse, XIIIth Century XIXth Century. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. Bound in crushed morocco by Edith J. Gedye with gilt ruling and small clusters of fifteen inlaid green dots at each corner of both front and rear covers. Spine features the title to the second compartment, along with a single inlaid green dot surrounded by smaller dots in gilt in the other compartments. Four gilt rules to the turn