BINDING - Practical Wisdom, London, 1907, square 8vo, FINELY BOUND in full green crushed morocco elaborately decorated in gilt.

BINDING - Practical Wisdom. London: Arthur L. Humphreys from "The Royal Library Belles Lettres Series", 1907. Square 8vo (162 x 125mm). Half title, the title printed in red and black. FINELY BOUND in full green crushed morocco gilt [the binding unsigned], the covers with elaborate gilt arabesque designs at the centre and corners against a lattice of gilt ruled lines from top to bottom, triple gilt fillet borders, the spine gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: "Beatrice from Frank, Aug. 9th, '17" (inscription on front free endpaper). "Second impression." The contents contain advice to children in essays by Francis Osborn (first printed in 1656), Sir George Savile (1688), Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1632), Lord Burleigh (1617), Sir Matthew Hale (c.1680) and William, Earl of Bedford (c.1642) respectively.