Madame Butterfly / John Luther Long
Name/Title
Madame Butterfly / John Luther LongEntry/Object ID
2015.7.253Description
Bound for Beauty #21 152 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (photogravure) Tissue guarded frontis. Illustrated with 8 photogravure tissue guarded plates. "Madame Butterfly" is a short story by the American lawyer and writer John Luther Long. It is based on the recollections of Long's sister, Jennie Correll, who had been to Japan with her husband - a Methodist missionary, and was mainly influenced by Pierre Loti's 1887 novel Madame Chrysanthème. It was first published in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine in 1898, together with some of Long's other short fiction. Long's use of the exotic and the classical in "Madame Butterfly" reflected the blending of Japanese and traditional styles in the arts and crafts movement around the turn of the 19th century and American fascination with Japan that began with the "opening of Japan" by Matthew C. Perry in 1854.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
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Americans, Fiction, 1900sDimensions
Height
8-1/2 inBook Details
Author
John Luther LongIllustrator
C. Yarnall AbbottEdition
FirstPublisher
The Century CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1903Printer
De Vinne PressBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- JaponismeBinding Designer
Genjiro YetoBinding Notes
Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Bound in a decorative cloth binding designed by the Japanese artist Genjro Yeto and signed with his monogram "Y." The covers, in teal cloth, stamped in dark green, gilt and white, depict long stemmed lotus blossoms rising from a rippling waterscape. The design is enclosed within a gilt border, as is the spine which has the title in distinctive typography descending vertically.Notes
Stated Japanese Edition, October 1903Relationships
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Country
JapanWeb Links and URLs
NYC Opera Project via Columbia; explains the history of the story and its development into an opera.Exhibitions
Summer Publisher's Bindings
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020