Cloth casing, with a gilt device.

John Leech.

1858

Elaborate gilt device and motto imprinted on smooth-textured green cloth; embossed spandrels.

7 x 4½ inches

An amusing comic vignette: the motto warns us not to learn unless we are in the mood.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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