[Fine Binding | Ellen G. Woolrich] Bacon's Essays Fine Bindings Illustrated with two tipped-in plates

Illustrated with two tipped-in plates

Frank & Emily Mathewson hand-printed a variety of items in their shop in Springfield

Back cover features a large grape vine and two bunches of grapes in purple

MO: Printed by Fred F

with not only different colors utilized between the front and back cover

[Fine Binding | Ellen G. Woolrich] Bacon's Essays Fine Bindings Illustrated with two tipped-in platesBacon, Francis. Bacon [The Essays of Bacon]. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903. Contemporary Arts and Craft binding by Ellen G. Woolrich of full brown crushed morocco, covers tooled in gilt with wide floral border surrounding central panel of dots grouped in threes, spine with raised bands and six compartments, lettered in one, the rest gilt with floral tools, a. e. g., signed in gilt on rear turn in 19 E. W. 04. Measures approx. 4. 75" x 6. 5". Light