Name/Title
Lucille / Owen MeredithEntry/Object ID
2015.7.100Description
369 pages. 35 leaves of plates, with numerous illustrations. Tissue guarded frontis.
Text pages have pictorial borders in beige and grey.
An extremely popular binding design of the 1880s, which was issued by multiple publishers with minimal changes. This book is a quarter less inch in height than the Longfellow issued by Houghton Mifflin in the same binding.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsDimensions
Height
9-3/4 inWidth
6-1/2 inBook Details
Author
Owen MeredithPublisher
Nims & KnightPlace Published
City
TroyState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1880Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band TitlesBinding Notes
Bound in olive green colored beveled cloth in a delicate line floral pattern with a left vertical panel of climbing vine with leaf and flower. Stamped in black and red. Title stamped in black to rectangular panel on cover, also on vertical length of spine. Beige floral endpapers. All edges gilt.Exhibition
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
