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Title	Parables and tales
Description	Gilt edges. Green ungrained cloth. The lower cover is not blocked. The upper cover is blocked in gold. On the borders, gold stipples are blocked densely on the borders, giving a frame effect for the centre of the cover. The upper cover design incorporates motifs emblematizing six of the poems in the volume. At the head on the left a crown of thorns (the Cripple) is blocked within this border of stipples. Six-pointed stars (Old Souls) are blocked from the upper right downwards, into the head of a cot. On the left hand side, a lily of the valley plant is blocked (Lily of the Valley). On the right hand side, a small plant with flowers (Deadly Nightshade) is blocked. Near the tail, a wicker cot (Mother and Child) is blocked, with a spade (Old Mortality) lying across it. The spine has the words: '\| PARABLES & TALES BY T. GORDON HAKE \|' blocked in gold along its length.
Cover Designer	Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Author	Hake, Thomas Gordon, 1809-1895
Publisher of Original	Chapman and Hall
Place of Publication	London, England
Date Original	1872
Printer	Dalziel Brothers Camden Press
Engraver	Dalziel Brothers
Illustrator	Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915
Measurements	127 x 189 x 10 mm.
Call number	PEATTIE NO.22
Material	Green Book cloth
Technique	Gold blocking Gilding
Style/Period	19th century
Subject	Bookbinding--England--19th century--Specimens
Design element	Stippling Crown of thorns Stars Floral patterns Lilies-of-the-valley Wickerwork Spades Belladonna (Plant) Cradles
Coverage-Geographic	Europe--Great Britain--England
Resource Type	Binding
Source	Print original in the Roger and Marlene Peattie Collection
Type	Still Image
Format	Image/jpeg
Current repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries
Collection	Decorative Nineteenth Century Trade Bindings
Bibliographic record	http://info.library.mun.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?user_id=REMOTEWEB&searchdata1=ocm30890079{001}
Digital Date	2005
CONTENTdm file name	263.cpd