Cloth casing, with a gilt device on the back-strip.

An unsigned original design by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz).

1842.

Gilt device imprinted on smooth-grained (faded) maroon cloth.

5½ x 9 inches

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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