Name/Title
Ljóðmæli / Kristján JónssonEntry/Object ID
2015.7.386Description
XXVIII, 416 p., [1] leaf of plates incl. frontis.
Búin til prentunar eftir Jón Ólafsson.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Icelandic poetry, Translations into modern Icelandic, Translations from foreign literatureDimensions
Height
7-1/4 inWidth
4-3/4 inBook Details
Author
Kristján JónssonEditor
Jón ÓlafssonEdition
3. utg. aukin.Publisher
Jóh. JóhannessonPlace Published
City
ReykjavíkCountry
IcelandDate Published
1911Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- European OriginBinding Notes
Royal blue cloth binding stamped with gold and black. Rear cover blind stamped with borders. Spine with delicate decorative black elements on either side of gold heart-like borders and gold text. Front cover has alternating decorative borders of leaf and vine-like patterns and geometric in gold and black. Central image has title and author in gold, as well as a flower and vine-draped lyre in gold. Endpapers with tiny gold fleur-de-lis on white ribbed background. Delicately marbled edges in blue and terra-cotta.Notes
Flyleaf inscription: To Miss Th. Thorvandson Christmas 1911 Vancouver B.C.
