2-721-300 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Gold book cover, 19th century, (1881). Etching of an embossed and enamelled book cover, made in Europe, probably in the 19th century. The front depicts the Creation of Eve, with the Fountain of Youth on the back. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]