Familiar Wild Flowers Figured and Described / F. Edward Hulme
Name/Title
Familiar Wild Flowers Figured and Described / F. Edward HulmeEntry/Object ID
2015.7.50Description
Bound for Beauty #17 Volume 1-5. (Five volume set) First editions, published as first to fifth series in 1877. Each book is illustrated with 40 tissue guarded colored plates. Chapter head and tail piece illustrations. 199 of 200 chromolithographs: frontis lacking in volume 2.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Flowers, 1870sDimensions
Height
7-1/2 inWidth
5-1/4 inParts
a. Volume 1 b. Volume 2 c. Volume 3 d. Volume 4 e. Volume 5Book Details
Author
F. Edward HulmeEdition
FirstPublisher
Cassell & CompanyPlace Published
City
London, Paris, New YorkCountry
England, France, United StatesState/Province
New YorkContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1877Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- VictorianBinding Notes
Five volume set in uniform binding of bright green cloth with gilt and black stamping. Each book has a separately stamped flower to center in various colors. Marvelous typography of titles to spine and cover is representative of branch and twig and sprouting new growth. Brown stone endpapers. All edges gilt. Excellent example of Victorian 1870s binding.Notes
Publication Date: 1877-1885Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ben GeorgeNotes
LithographerExhibitions
Summer Publisher's Bindings
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection