Rollo In Switzerland / Jacob Abbott

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Rollo In Switzerland / Jacob Abbott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.59

Description

221 pages. Illustrated with small engravings. Publisher's red stain to page edges. One of the highly popular "Rollo in Europe" series, later printing, first published in 1858.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Travel, Juvenile literature, 1880s

Dimensions

Height

6-1/4 in

Width

4 in

Book Details

Author

Jacob Abbott

Publisher

John B. Alden

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1883

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Japonisme

Binding Notes

An example of an 1880s Victorian binding displaying the Japanese influence so dominant in this decade. Bound in tan cloth hardcovers with a black stamped design to the front cover featuring a ruled border of black stamped suns, two panels of branches and blossoms, and a central stamped vignette printed on the diagonal. A gilt title panel features raised typeface.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

Switzerland

Continent

Europe