#millimeter binding

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Millimeter binding of Sonnets From the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Millimeter binding were invented during World War 2, when leather was scarce, and are so called because ideally only one millimeter of leather should extend onto the board surface. This variation also has hidden leather corners.

Bound in red buffalo leather and handmade marbled paper made by the binder. Head edge gilt in the rough.