The Two Altheas / Edith E. Horsman

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Two Altheas / Edith E. Horsman

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.165

Description

Bound for Beauty #32 393 p., [6] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1890s

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

5-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

Edith E. Horsman

Illustrator

G. Demain Hammond

Edition

First

Publisher

Estes & Lauriat

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1897

Printer

Colonial Press

Place Printed

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Notes

Art Nouveau orange colored decorated cloth binding with two long stemmed topiary-style rose bushes stamped in dark green with roses stamped in cream. Titles to front cover and spine in gilt. One rose bush and gilt title and author replicated to the length of spine.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection