Famous Paintings as Seen and Described by Famous Writers / Esther Singleton

Name/Title

Famous Paintings as Seen and Described by Famous Writers / Esther Singleton

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.187

Description

Bound for Beauty #38 366 p., [39] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill. (photo plates) Signed by author.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Painting, 1890s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Book Details

Editor

Esther Singleton

Edition

First

Publisher

Dodd, Mead & Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1902

Printer

Caxton Press

Place Printed

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Alice C. Morse

Binding Notes

Alice C. Morse signed Art Nouveau design in olive cloth stamped in elaborate gilt to cover and spine. Top edge gilt.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection