Recently added to the Robert F. Met­z­dorf Col­lec­tion of Vic­to­rian Book­bind­ings :

Thomas Moore, Irish Melodies, (Lon­don: Long­man & Co., 1846). Call num­ber: ExMe 3864.9.349.13.

In his Vic­to­rian Pub­lish­ers’ Book-Bindings in Paper, Ruari McLean cap­tions this book “Gift Books From Long­man … Cream paper on bev­elled boards, printed in green and gold on upper, spine, and lower. Note the skill­ful intro­duc­tion of the title into the cir­cle round the illus­tra­tion. One of the finest cov­ers of the early Vic­to­rian period, prob­a­bly designed by Owen Jones. …“[ p. 30 (Lon­don: Gor­don Fraser, 1983)]. McLean illus­trates the lower side of the cover on p. 13.