Vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax on William Mason, The English Garden: A Poem (York, 1783). From the Estelle Doheny library sold by Christies in December 2010. Christie's described the binding as follows: "Contemporary vellum, covers with a gilt metope and pentaglyph roll border on a blue wash background within a gilt dog-tooth roll enclosing a gilt vine-leaf border, gilt Bacchanalian goat mask upper cornerpieces and Sphinx lower cornerpieces, upper cover with a drawing under the vellum on a pale blue painted background showing a young woman pouring a drink from a ewer (oval, 117x63 mm), the lower cover with a drawing under the vellum showing two figures standing before some ruins, smooth spine gilt-lettered on a blue wash background and divided into 6 compartments by blue wash and gilt bands, the remaining compartments with alternating gilt ornaments, edges gilt."