The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.1

Description

xxi, 280 p., 2 leaves of plates (incl. frontis and title page) : ill. (decorations)

Collection

Representative Bindings

Dimensions

Height

15.5 cm

Width

10.5 cm

Book Details

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Publisher

T.Y. Crowell & Company

Place Published

City

New York, Boston

State/Province

New York, Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1892

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in light blue diagonally ribbed cloth with ivorine cover carved in relief. The cover depicts two cherubs standing in a garden and a vine of flowers climbs the border. Title and decoration in gilt to spine. Plain endpapers, made endbands in cream cloth. All edges gilt.