The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott With Life by William Chambers, LL.D. / Sir Walter Scott

Name/Title

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott With Life by William Chambers, LL.D. / Sir Walter Scott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.118

Description

536 pages. Tissue guarded frontis. Red bordered text.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1880s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

Walter Scott

Publisher

Belford Clarke

Place Published

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1886

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Binding Notes

Bound in putty colored cloth with black and brown stamping. Elaborate spine decoration featuring three leafed clovers and flowers with the top clover entering the wide gilt stamped title band. Publisher's name to bottom of spine stamped in gilt. Same motif to front board with black stamped title within gilt rectangle Geometric patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.

Notes

No publication date.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Chambers

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection