The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

Inscription on facing of inside back cover: "Bound by Minnie S. Prat in September 1899." The book is bound in hand-tooled leather, with an exquisite design of poppies and wheat on both front and back covers. It appeared as an illustration in an article on Minnie and May Rosina Prat, "Book-Binding as a Fine Art," in Harper's Bazaar, 1900. It was one of the books for which Minnie won a silver medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Date: Bound by Minnie S. Prat in September 1899

Reference: Prat, Starr family Nova Scotia Archives  MG 1 vol. 886 no. 1