but has oxidized and now appears green
Housed in original flannel-lined clamshell box covered in teal cloth
the covers framed by a broad outer border formed by closely spaced blind and gilt-ruled borders running along the edges
terminating in a single inlaid green and gilt plant base
with his autograph note mounted on the binder’s blank and Van Dyke’s card instructing the bindery
[Fine Binding | Oxford Bindery] Robert Browning's Poetical Works E-List 13 but has oxidized and nowBrowning, Robert. The Poetical Works of Robert Browning. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1899. Two volumes bound in one. Each volume with portrait frontispiece. Bound by the Oxford University Press bindery (signed "Oxford Binding" on front turn in) in full olive morocco, with incredibly dense stippled gilt panels tooled on the covers, accented with inlaid blue, red, and orange tulips. (In total, there are 341 inlaid morocco flowers and dots within the