Posted on May 3, 2017 at 2:48 am, in Random Book Cover of the Day || Circa 1890s clothbound The Poems of Robert Burns with illustrations. Publishers went kind of nuts with the gilding and elaborate patterns on these 1890s books; this was partly to distract from the fact that the materials (cloth, acid-based paper) were cheaper than in older bindings. Still looks cool. #bookstagram A post shared by Old Books Abe (@old_books_abe) on May 2, 2017 at 5:33am PDT Share this:TweetLike this:Like Loading... Related Aw no! Ye commentes be closed.
