[Hand Colored] Herrick's Women, Love & Flowers

Herrick, Robert. Women, Love & Flowers. London: Gay and Bird, 1899. Portrait frontispiece of author. Woodcut initials, decorations & headpieces have been hand colored in delicate shades of green, red, purple, and pink, with accents in gold paint (slightly oxidized).

Bound in full blue polished calf by Zaehnsdorf with gilt rules to boards. Five bands to spine with onlaid maroon second compartment with gilt titling, remaining compartments with floral gilt tooling. Gilt turn-ins with marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Small owner's label to corner of front pastedown. Measures approx. 3.5" x 5". Some rubbing to edges to corners, light scratches to covers. Some foxing to endpapers.