[Fine Binding | Julius Carter] Bookbinding in England and France Other The binding is very similar

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

with the French & English Royal Coat of Arms (crowned lion and unicorn flanking a crest) and heraldic shields at top

Gilt ruled compartments to spine

Cobden-Sanderson and Douglas Cockerell (apparently no relation)

(Less noticeable than it would be normally due to the elaborate nature of the decoration

[Fine Binding | Julius Carter] Bookbinding in England and France Other The binding is very similarFletcher, William Young. Bookbinding in England and France. London: Seeley & Co., 1897. Illustrated with 40 in text black and white images of bindings, 17 color plates, three of which are double page. Bound in dark brown crushed morocco with a most elaborate Grolier esque strapwork design in gilt, accented with swirling gouges and fleurons. A tipped in note mentions that the binding was done by "Julius Carter, binder of books for Queen Mary's Dolls'