The Ring and the Book / Robert Browning

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Ring and the Book / Robert Browning

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.147

Description

490 pages.Tissue-covered frontis portrait photo of older Browning. One of 24 Luxembourg Classics issued by Crowell.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Executions and executioners, Trials (Murder), Poetry, History, 1890s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Robert Browning

Editor

Charlotte Endymion Porter, Helen Archibald Clarke

Publisher

Thomas Y. Crowell & Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1897

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Designer

Decorative Designers

Binding Notes

Unsigned binding, likely Henry Thayer/Decorative Designers. Repeating pattern of an open book stamped in pale lavender grey within interlocking gold rings on vertically ribbed light olive green cloth. Pattern repeated on spine. Top edge gilt.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Guido Franceschini

Person or Organization

Pompilia Franceschini

Related Places

Place

City

Rome

Country

Italy

Related Entries

Notes

Compare to cloth color of same title in dark green (2015.7.146) which is a much stronger contrast to the stamping.