[Fine Binding | Bayntun] Of the Imitation of Christ E-List 34 Four bands to spine

Four bands to spine

Five wide bands to spine with titling to second compartment and floral stamp to remaining compartments

These binderies are also referenced in The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library (1924) by E

Rear cover design is nearly identical

along with embossed images of her portrayals of (clockwise) Portia from "The Merchant of Venice"

[Fine Binding | Bayntun] Of the Imitation of Christ E-List 34 Four bands to spineKempis, Thomas A. Of the Imitation of Christ in Four Books. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1905. Limited to 500 copies for England and America. Printed on Aldwych handmade paper. Initials printed in red and black, reproduced from French volumes of the fifteenth century. Bound in dark navy crushed morocco by Bayntun with covers featuring an overlayed rectangle and diamond frame, tooled in blind and gilt. Five bands to spine with title and