The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni / Nathaniel Hawthorne

Name/Title

The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni / Nathaniel Hawthorne

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.160

Description

2 volume set. Frontispieces (volume 1: tissue guarded portrait of Hawthorne) 49 plates. Illustrated with photogravures.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1890s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin & Company

Place Published

City

Boston, New York

State/Province

Massachusetts, New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1889

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Designer

Sarah Wyman Whitman

Binding Notes

Two-color title page. Top edges gilt. Designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman in a three part binding of cream vellum-like cloth to the spine with red cloth boards with a square (2.5 x 2.5 inches approx.) panel in an intricate gilt stamped stylized design of an iris blossom and small hearts to the front right center, repeated on the rear board, a common Whitman design technique, Spine also has the iris/heart motif in gilt.

Relationships

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Place

City

Rome

Country

Italy

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Notes

"The Marble Faun..." (2015.7.161)