Poems of William Cowper, Esq. with a New Memoir / William Cowper

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Poems of William Cowper, Esq. with a New Memoir / William Cowper

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.10

Description

288 pages. Illustrations. Compiled from Johnson, Southey, and Other Sources.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Poetry., 1850s

Dimensions

Height

5-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

William Cowper

Publisher

Leavitt & Allen

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1853

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Gift book bound in olive green cloth with gilt stamping to front and rear boards of delicate leaf and vine design within ruled border and two smaller ovals. Tissue guarded frontis. All edges gilt. Text embellished on every page with oval of delicate flowers.

Notes

"Maria B. Robinson" inscribed on flyleaf.