Elizabeth and Her German Garden / Elizabeth von Armin

Name/Title

Elizabeth and Her German Garden / Elizabeth von Armin

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.32

Description

225 p., [12] leaves of plates incl. frontis and t.p. : ill. (photogravure) A semi-autobiographical novel that follows the protagonist, Elizabeth, as she tends to her garden over the course of a year, watching the progress of her garden and learning about gardening at the same time.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

5-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

Elizabeth von Armin

Edition

Illustrated

Publisher

The Macmillan Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1900

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Poster Style

Binding Designer

Frank Berkeley Smith

Binding Notes

Bound in mint green linen weave cloth in a poster style three-panel decortive cover. Panels are triple-ruled in black and darker green. Top panel stamped with title in gilt, bottom left panel depicts a garden and insects stamped in lavender, black, green, and dark green (note negative stamping to create sky and stream), bottom right panel stamped with "Illustrated Edition". Spine with two-panels, stamped in black, dark green, and lavender, depicting an elongated art-nouveau flower, watering pail, and sickle. Titles in gilt. Top edge gilt, deckled edges. Binding signed with "S" in stamped black square in the lower left of the bottom left panel. Possibly by Frank Berkeley Smith. Companion volume in uniform binding to "The Solitary Summer"

Notes

First edition with new illustrations, October 1900. First published 1898

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

"The Solitary Summer" 2019.4.33

Exhibition

Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020