ENGLISH LYRICS FROM SPENSER TO MILTON

London & New York: George Bell & Sons, 1898. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Robert Anning Bell. Lovely Kelliegram binding (5-1/2" x 8-3/4") by Kelly & Sons in full dark green levant morocco leather with dark brown leave inlays on the covers and spine which is also gilt-lettered with five raised bands, gilt-decorated dentelles, silked endpapers, top edge gilt. With the gilt-stamped "Kelliegram Binding" on the bottom of the rear inside cover. Copy #26 of 125 on Japanese vellum illustrated by Robert Anning Bell. Kelliegram bindings were an innovation of the English firm Kelly & Sons, a prominent London bindery that operated into the 1930s. A wonderful example of the style known for its elaborate pictorial leather inlays and onlays.