Memoir of Sarah B. Judson of the American Mission to Burmah / Emily Chubbuck Judson

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Memoir of Sarah B. Judson of the American Mission to Burmah / Emily Chubbuck Judson

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.15

Description

Bound for Beauty #11 250 p. : ill. 1850 printing, revised and with notes by the author.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Biography, 1850s

Dimensions

Height

6-1/4 in

Width

4 in

Book Details

Author

Emily C. Judson

Edition

New Revised

Publisher

Lewis Colby

Date Published

1848

Printer

Pudney & Russell

Place Printed

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1850

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in red cloth with blind stamped borders to front and rear. Central gilt stamped religious scene of angel and mortals with a Burmese view in background with "Faithful is he that calleth you" stamped at the bottom. Spine decoration in gilt. Tissue guarded frontis. "Colton & Jenkins" blind stamped at top and bottom center ribbons of border design. Part of die for the blind stamping.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection