Name/Title
Flowers of the Field and Forest From Original Water-Color Drawings After Nature by Isaac Sprague / Reverend A.B. HerveyEntry/Object ID
2015.7.88Description
Bound for Beauty #14
154 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs)
Contains fourteen full page tissue guarded color lithograph plates illustrated by Isaac Sprague. This book was issued with two additional titles in a uniform binding by the publisher: "Beautiful Ferns" and "Beautiful Wild Flowers."Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Flowers, Poetry, 1880sBook Details
Author
A.B. HerveyIllustrator
Isaac SpragueEdition
FirstPublisher
S.E. Cassino & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1882Printer
Press of Stanley and UsherPlace Printed
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- VictorianBinding Notes
Bound in a dark green Victorian decorated cloth binding with a diagonal design to front board. Design is elaborately stamped in black, red and gilt with gilt and black lettering on the spine. Beveled edges.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Boston Stereotype FoundryNotes
stereotyper.Person or Organization
Stanley & UsherNotes
printer.Exhibition
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