Sundrie Pieces by George Herbert

This book is a selection of poetry and prose by George Herbert. The design is based on one of his stanzas, a butterfly, to represent growth and transformation. If the design is turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise the shape becomes that of an hourglass embodying time and its fleeting nature. The front cover is lacunose inlay, working to another lacunose inlay of brighter colours. The grey piece of leather on the rear cover is on-lay with blind tooling, with a white on-lay to the front which is foil tooled in various colours and purple dyed.