Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, The English garden.jpg The most famous bookbinder of his day English mid 18th century Edwards of Halifax Transparent vellum decorated with a gilt-tooled Doric and curved floral border; sphinxes in bottom corners satyrs' masks in top corners On front cover seated a draped female holding a shield inscribed 'J J '; on the back a youth reclining with a pipe This binding style was invented and made popular by the firm of Edwards which began operating in Halifax Yorkshire in the 1780s and soon moved to London exhibition history Spine and front board source filename oulis2009-atb-0076-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//10fd1e3f-f7cb-4cb0-ba31-388313a75e10 Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries The English garden Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries The English garden http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/10fd1e3f-f7cb-4cb0-ba31-388313a75e10/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding |