Fine Leather Bindings

Fine Hand-Tooled & Gilt Leather Bookbindings. Calf, Morocco and Vellum.
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an intricately designed book with gold, blue and green designs on the front cover
Sangorski & Sutcliffe (Bookbinders) - Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) - THE LADY OF SHALLOT. Manuscript on vellum, illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. London, For the Grolier Society, Circa 1910. Calfskin Leather Inlaid with Morocco Leather.
an old book with some writing on the front and back pages in gold foil,
Thomas J. Cobden-Sanderson (1840–1922) and the Doves Bindery - Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400). THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, NOW NEWLY IMPRINTED. Hammersmith: William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896. Vellum Leather. Bookbinding Designed by William Morris and Executed by the Doves Bindery.
an old red book with gold trimming
Jonas Hanway (1712–1786). THE SEAMAN'S CHRISTIAN FRIEND; CONTAINING MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ADVICE TO SEAMEN. London, Sold by Dodsley in Pall Mall, Rivington’s in St. Pauls Church Yard, Bew in Pater Noster Row, and Sewil in Cornhill, 1779. Goatskin Leather.
an old leather book with intricate designs on it
Joseph Thouvenin (Bookbinder) - Clement Marot (1496–1544) & Theodore De Beze (1519–1605) - LES PSEAUMES DE DAVID MIS EN RIME FRANCOISE. Paris, Pierre Des-Hayes, 1642. Calfskin Leather. A Fanfare Binding.
an old wooden box with metal decorations on it
Ulrich Schreier (Active Circa 1469-1490) (Bookbinder) - Gregory IX (c. 1170–1241). DECRETALES CUM GLOSSA BERNARDI PARMENSIS. Mainz, Peter Schoeffer, 23 November 1473.
an old book with gold and black designs
The Koran. Black Morocco Leather. Turkey. Ottoman Period, Circa 17th Century. The Smithsonian.
many different types of books are arranged in the same square shape, each with an ornate design
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Gilt Tooled Leather Bookbindings
an ornate book with two birds in the middle and one bird on it's cover
Indigo Dreams
When it was completed in 1912, the Great Omar was the most elaborate and opulent binding ever created. It was embellished with over 1,000 jewels, 5,000 leather onlays and 100 square feet of gold leaf. It took a team of craftsmen over two and a half years to make. It went down with the Titanic
an old book with decorative designs on it
COULEURS
Book of Hours of Catherine de Medici. Black Morocco Leather and Plated Enamel Locks. Circa 1565.
an intricately decorated book with gold and black trim, featuring a skeleton in the center
COULEURS
Les Fleurs du Mal Baudelaire, Charles. First Edition, First Issue. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1858.
an old book with gold and red designs
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W. B. (William Blake). THE LADIES CHARITY SCHOOL-HOUSE ROLL OF HIGHGATE: OR A SUBSCRIPTION OF MANY NOBLE, WELL-DISPOSED LADIES FOR THE EASIE CARRYING OF IT ON. London. Circa 1670. A Binding by the "Charity School Binder".
an old book with gold trimmings and flowers
Binding by Zaehnsdorf, late 19th or early 20th century
Zaehnsdorf (Binder). Andrew Lang. AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE. London, David Nutt, 1887. Late 19th or Early 20th Century. Green goatskin, upper and lower covers tooled in gold to a rambling rose design and with a central armorial device of Alexander H. Turnbull.
an old book with gold trimmings and a crest on the front, sitting on a black background
Binding by Zaehnsdorf, late 19th or early 20th century
Zaehnsdorf (Bookbinder). Thomas Lovell Beddoes, THE BRIDE'S TRAGEDY. London, Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington, 1822. Circa Late-19th to Early-20th Century.
an old brown book with gold trimming
Binding by Morrell, late 19th or early 20th century
Algernon Charles Swinburne. LAUS VENERIS. London, Edward Moxon & Co., 1866.