Bridwell Library welcomes the traveling exhibition of design bindings celebrating the Guild of Book Workers centennial.

Maria Sol Rebora, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. William Shakespeare, King Lear, Circle Press, 1973.

French binding construction, covered in full goat skin leather; natural, white, yellow, black and brown onlays, leather sanded to get different tones of color. Doublure and flyleaves on goat skin, black and brown color. Décor of gold and blind tooling. Top edge gilt. The design is an abstract suggestion of the curtain parting in a darkened theater. 35 x 26 x 3 centimeters. Created 2005. Lent by the Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University

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Guild of Book Workers' 100th Anniversary Exhibition