William Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends, showing Riviere calf covers and spines with blue inlays and ornate gilt tooling

William Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends standing together in Riviere bindings with blue inlaid covers and gilt-tooled spines

Gilt-tooled spines of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends, with raised bands and green title labels

Front covers of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends, with blue leather inlays, gilt floral motifs and oval centre panels

Back covers of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends, with matching blue leather inlays and intricate gilt borders

Close view of the inlaid covers and gilt-tooled Riviere spines of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends

Gilt page edges of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends, shown side by side with decorated board edges

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Gilt fore-edges of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends, bordered by gilt-decorated leather boards

Angled view of the gilt page edges and raised-band spines of Blake’s Poetical Works and The Ingoldsby Legends bottom edges

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<center> RIVIERE GILT LEATHER FINE BINDINGS <br><i> Full Calf with INLAYS </i><br> William Blake + Thomas Ingoldsby <br><i> Poetical Works + Ingoldsby Legends </i><p> 1913 / 1926 </center>

Marbled endpapers and gilt-tooled leather turn-ins in William Blake’s The Poetical Works

Riviere binder’s signature in William Blake’s The Poetical Works, 1913

Title page of The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, published in London by Oxford University Press, 1926

Interior pages of Thomas Ingoldsby’s The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, Oxford University Press, 1926

Title page of William Blake’s The Poetical Works, published in London by Oxford University Press, 1913

RIVIERE GILT LEATHER FINE BINDINGS
Full Calf with INLAYS
William Blake + Thomas Ingoldsby
Poetical Works + Ingoldsby Legends
1913 / 1926

William Blake + Thomas Ingoldsby

The Poetical Works of William Blake
+
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

2 volumes beautifully bound and signed by Riviere. Featuring fine bindings in full calf, with inlaid covers, intricate gold tooling, and with 5 raised bands, and morocco titles to spine. Page edges all brilliant gilt with gilt tooled turn-ins over marbled boards. Masterful bindings in fine condition.

Inserted in one of the volumes was a gift note from 'Sir Louis and Lady Baron' of Holmbury House, likely gifting the volumes.

Volumes measure 75/8 x 51/4 inches

William Blake, The Poetical Works of William Blake. London: Oxford University Press, 1913. lvi, 453 pages, 16 plates. Complete.

Thomas Ingoldsby, The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. London: Oxford University Press, 1926. lv, 527 pages, 26 illustrations. Complete.

Volumes in fine condition.

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RIVIERE GILT LEATHER FINE BINDINGS
Full Calf with INLAYS
William Blake + Thomas Ingoldsby
Poetical Works + Ingoldsby Legends
1913 / 1926