The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.161
Description
Bound for Beauty #45
2 volume set
527 p., [1] leaf of plates, frontis : ill. (photogravures)
Tissue guarded portrait of Hawthorne.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1890s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/4 in
Width
5-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston, New York
State/Province
Massachusetts, New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1890
Printer
Riverside Press ; Electrotyped and printed by H.O. Houghton & Co.
Place Printed
City
Cambridge
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Designer
Sarah Wyman Whitman
Binding Notes
Two-color title page. Top edges gilt. Designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman in a three part binding of cream vellum-like cloth to the spine with red cloth boards featuring a square (2.5 x 2.5 inches approx.) panel in an intricate gilt stamped stylized design of an iris blossom and small hearts which is placed to the center right of the front board and repeated to the rear, a common design technique of Whitman's. Spine also has the iris/heart motif in gilt.
Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
Rome
Country
Italy
Related Entries
Notes
"The Marble Faun..." (2015.7.160)
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
