The imitation of Christ, 1889. Bound in crushed morocco, gilt-tooled doublures, satin endpapers, by
The imitation of Christ, 1889. Bound in crushed morocco, gilt-tooled doublures, satin endpapers, by Fazakerley, edges gilt and gauffered, with fore-edge painting of Jesus based on William Holman Hunt’s painting “The Light of the World,” 1854.*GC.T3610.Eg889bHoughton Library, Harvard University -- source link
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