Poems / John Greenleaf Whittier

Name/Title

Poems / John Greenleaf Whittier

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.133

Description

319 pages. Red ruled text. No explanation given for varying names of publisher on title page and spine.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1880s, Eastlake

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

John Greenleaf Whittier

Publisher

J.W. Lovell Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1886

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Binding Notes

Bound in light brown beveled cloth with black and gilt stamping of intricate borders of flowers, leaves, repeat patterns, and classical urn. Eastlake elements. Spine features a classical urn and a three leaf clover. Publisher's name in gilt to the bottom of spine reads "Belford, Clarke and Co. All edges gilt. Tan floral endpapers.

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Notes

Identical binding design as Lovell's Poems by William Cullen Bryant. (2015.7.66)

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection