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| Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, The vision.jpg Cosway-style binding English London c 1930 Rivière Son Blue goatskin the front cover decorated with gilt tulips and contrasting onlay flowers lily cornerpieces and wreath surrounding miniature painting of the Duc d'Enghien under glass; back cover with bees semée scattered around miniature of Napoleon These bindings were devised by the London bookseller Henry Sotheran inspired by the 18thcentury miniaturist Richard Cosway 1740 “1821 They became hugely popular in the first half of the 20th century with the miniaturepainter Miss C B Currie responsible for almost a thousand bindings in the style exhibition history Spine and front board source filename oulis2009-atb-0044-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//6f683839-2744-4862-b5c7-d2bff7dcff45 Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries The vision Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries The vision http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/6f683839-2744-4862-b5c7-d2bff7dcff45/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding | ||||
