Great Pictures As Seen and Described By Famous Writers / Esther Singleton

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Great Pictures As Seen and Described By Famous Writers / Esther Singleton

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.186

Description

Bound for Beauty #37 317 p. : ill. (photo plates)

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

Publisher

Dodd, Mead & Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1899

Printer

University Press ; John Wilson and Son)

Place Printed

City

Cambridge

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1901

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