"I had taken down a little thick quarto and seated myself at the table in a venerable elbow-chair."
You would like to add the following phrase into this sentence: "curiously
bound in parchment, with brass clasps."
Which revision of this sentence uses this phrase most effectively?
Curiously bound in parchment, with brass clasps. I,
A) had taken down a little thick quarto and seated
myself at the table in a venerable elbow-chair."
"I had taken down a little thick quarto and seated
B) myself at the table in a venerable elbow-chair,
curiously bound in parchment, with brass clasps."
"I had taken down a little thick quarto, curiously
C) bound in parchment, with brass clasps, and seated
myself at the table in a venerable elbow-chair."
"I had taken down a little thick quarto and seated
D) myself at the table, curiously bound in parchment,
with brass clasps, in a venerable elbow-chair.