Binding by Kelly & Sons, late 19th or early 20th century
Brown goatskin gold tooled with a lettered border of quotations from the text. The inner panel is decorated with trailing foliage and features four signs of the zodiac. The lower turn-in is stamped: Kelliegram binding
The binding firm of Kelly & Sons was founded by John Kelly in 1770 in the vicinity of the Strand, London, but the shop was later moved to larger premises in Water-street. This firm carried out full leather bindings throughout the nineteenth century as well as satisfying the rapidly-growing demand for cloth bindings.
Edmund Spenser, The shepheard’s calendar (London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898). qREng SPEN Shep 1898.
Binding by Kelly & Sons, late 19th or early 20th century
Brown goatskin gold tooled with a lettered border of quotations from the text. The inner panel is decorated with trailing foliage and features four signs of the zodiac. The lower turn-in is stamped: Kelliegram binding
The binding firm of Kelly & Sons was founded by John Kelly in 1770 in the vicinity of the Strand, London, but the shop was later moved to larger premises in Water-street. This firm carried out full leather bindings throughout the nineteenth century as well as satisfying the rapidly-growing demand for cloth bindings.
Edmund Spenser, The shepheard’s calendar (London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898). qREng SPEN Shep 1898.