[Fine Binding] The Art of England and the Pleasures of England Drop 2 Spine repaired

Spine repaired

outer gilt flower & leaf gilt frame flanked with thick blind tooled rules

The binding is very similar to the work Riviere & Son was producing at this time

Rudge from 1925 to 1932

[Fine Binding] The Art of England and the Pleasures of England Drop 2 Spine repairedRuskin, John. The Art of England and the Pleasures of England. George Allen, 1898. "New edition in small form". Bound in cream colored pigskin for Hatchard's of Piccadilly, with front cover featuring a design of large Tudor roses and leaf clusters connected by curving gouges, surrounding the title in gilt. Title and author in gilt to 2nd and 3rd compartments of spine, remaining compartments decorated with gouges, leaves, and blooming thistle tool.