Flora's Interpreter: Or, The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments / Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Front cover and spine

Front cover and spine

Name/Title

Flora's Interpreter: Or, The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments / Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

Entry/Object ID

2017.11.18

Description

223 p., [2] leaves of plates : col. ill. Note: tissue guarded floral hand colored engraved plates. A collection of poems about flowers- a common subject and theme for gift books, especially those marketed to the female buyer. Indices of American authors, interpretations, poems.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Flower language, 1830s

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

4-3/8 in

Book Details

Author

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

Edition

First

Publisher

Marsh, Capen & Lyon

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1832

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Ribbon-Embossed Cloth

Binding Notes

Bound in black ribbon-embossed cloth in an abstract pattern with black leather gilt ruled spine and title.