15. Kelmscott's Herrick

Hammersmith, 1895-1896
On: Poems chosen out of the works of Robert Herrick
Published: Hammersmith, 1895
Binder: T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
Harry Ransom Center, Call No: Wp M834k v.37 WRE

Limp Vellum binding with two green silk ties, title tootled on the spine.

William Morris, when publishing from his Kelmscott Press in the 1890s, employed his friend T. J. Cobden-Sanderson to bind much of his publications, and between the two of them they did much to revive the limp-vellum style. Notice that Cobden-Sanderson's model is very precise and minimalist; only the two decorative silk ties are laced through the vellum, with the other supports adhered to the inside of the cover, giving a very clean appearance.