A blog at the juxtaposition of antiquity, luxury, academia and the occult. For my photos, search the phrase βMIGNONNEβ or visit my main blog @iridessence
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This lovely green publishers binding was designed by Florence Pearl England Nosworthy, with her “FP” monogram in the lower left corner. We love the maze of gold surrounding the colored accents.
Bliss Carman. The Kinship of Nature. Boston: L.C. Page and Co., 1904.
A lavishly etched and gilt Close Helmet in the della Cesa style made for Vittorio Amadeo I of Savoy,
Italy, 1602, housed at the Reale Armeria, Torino.
