Mabel Martin: A Harvest Idyl / John Greenleaf Whittier
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.56
Description
72 pages. Illustrations.
Compare to the similar binding of Whittier's "Snow-Bound," which at first glance appears to be a uniform binding, but is actually by a different publisher and is a close design match, but not identical, a common publishing practice in the 1870s and 1880s.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1870s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher
James R. Osgood & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1874
Date Printed
1876
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Victorian
Binding Notes
Bound in rust colored cloth black stamped double crossed lines surrounding a central gilt-stamped square containing the title and vertical sheafs of grains and wildflowers. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Gilt titles to spine.
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Notes
Compare binding to Whittier's "Snow-Bound" (2015.7.66)
