The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robt. Sanderson
WALTON, Izaak
New Edition.
IN CONTEMPORARY SPCK BINDING SIGNED AND DATED BY BIRD
Published: J. G. & F. Rivington [for] SPCK, 1833
Stock code: 41066
Price: £420.00
8vo., neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; full contemporary roan, upper board blocked in blind, back with five flat gilt bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, joints lightly rubbed else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp, clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding.
THIS COPY CARRIES THE BINDER'S PLATE AND DATE STAMP (May 1833) OF JOHN BIRD ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL SPCK BINDING. Based in London's Hatton Garden, John Bird was a designated SPCK binder; several examples of his work are held in the British Library.