Code: 11424
A rare and complete collection of book bindings designed by the top British architect-designer; CFA Voysey; comprising 26 "Little Library" volumes; c1902
There is an excellent article (see link below) by Tony Peart of Cumbria University, entitled: Voysey’s lettering designs
in which he writes and I quote:
"Voysey designed New Place, Haslemere, for the publishers A M M Stedman (later Sir Algernon Methuen) in 1897.
Five years later, in 1902, he was commissioned to design a range of simple, pocket-sized, gilt-stamped book covers (figure 12) for Methuen’s Little Library series.
He also designed a small, hand-lettered title for the series which appeared as a frontispiece in each volume (figure 13).
This is probably Voysey’s most inventive and extreme lettering composition as he condenses and combines elements into a tiny, confined space.
That it remains instantly readable borders on the miraculous and shows him at the height of his lettering prowess."
