signed first edition
1847 · London
by Taylor, Jeremy
London: William Pickering, 1847. First edition thus. First edition thus. sumptuously bound full blue crushed morocco binding by Peter Verburg, signed with his characteristic monogram on rear dentelle. A graceful binding with encircling leaf and bloom design between concentric rules and inlaid in the petals with turquoise morocco on cover and spine. Rear cover and dentelles with gilt ruling. Peter Verburg, a pupil of the famed Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago, was an accomplished Chicago bookbinder who studied for some time under Douglas Cockerell at Hull House in Chicago, and then later by Ralph Randolph Adsms at his bindery in New York. Verburg later went on to become the director of the bindery at the Merrymount Press under D. B. Updike. A beautiful example of Verburg's work. Engraved frontispiece, rubricated title page. All edges gilt. Fine in blue cloth slipcase.
(Inventory #: 2140)