225 pages. 3 color plates and text background decorations by Genjiro Yeto.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
9 in
Width
6 in
Book Details
Author
Onoto Watanna
Illustrator
Genjiro Yeto
Edition
First
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1901
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
Binding Designer
Decorative Designers
Binding Notes
Green decorated cloth binding with darker green and pale pink decorations outlined in black depicting petals falling from flowers in an Asian stylistic motif. Gilt spine titles within a gilt ruled rectangle. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges.
Assume cover to be designed by the Decorative Designers as other Watanna titles. (Possibly designed by Yeto?)
