The Ice Maiden / Hans Christian Andersen

Name/Title

The Ice Maiden / Hans Christian Andersen

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.62

Description

Bound for Beauty #16 120 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. 5 pages of advertisements to the rear. Illustrated with nine pictures, Dalziel Brothers Engravers and Printers. Chromolithograph frontis, eight black and white engraved sketches.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1880s, Japonisme

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

Hans Christian Andersen

Publisher

G. Routledge and Sons

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

circa 1880

Binding

Binding Type

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Binding Notes

Excellent example of Japonisme in decorated bindings. Small mustard colored cloth with a rectangular color chromolithograph onlay to the front cover placed on a diagonal. Title band in gilt. Black stamped design to the front and rear of bamboo trees and branches, Japanese fans, mountain peaks, clouds, birds flying. (Motifs of Japanese prints). Spine is labeled The Hans Andersen Library.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Henry William Dulcken

Notes

Translation.

Exhibitions

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020