1890-1905 GEORGE MACDONALD. An Unparalleled Group of 19 Works in Fine, Custom Arts & Crafts Bindings. Congregational Collected from the Scriptures

Collected from the Scriptures

A superb archive of 44 original pencil and ink preparatory drawings by Charles Bennett (1828-1867) for his landmark edition of Pilgrim's Progress issued by Longman of London in 1860

let us raise up our spirits to an higher strain than ever

It was part of a broader movement to reform the American - English language

1890-1905 GEORGE MACDONALD. An Unparalleled Group of 19 Works in Fine, Custom Arts & Crafts Bindings. Congregational Collected from the ScripturesA truly unparalleled custom bound gathering of 19 volumes by George MacDonald. The group would have been assembled by a late 19th, early 20th century devotee of MacDonald's writings. Once gathered, the 19 early American imprints would have been delivered to Washington D. C.'s premier binder, Henry Blackwell. Each volume was then skillfully bound in matching half morocco bindings with delicate Arts & Crafts tooling evocative of the school of binding