The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.160
Description
2 volume set. Frontispieces (volume 1: tissue guarded portrait of Hawthorne) 49 plates.
Illustrated with photogravures.
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
1889
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 with a square (2.5 x 2.5 inches approx.) panel in an intricate gilt stamped stylized design of an iris blossom and small hearts to the front right center, repeated on the rear board, a common Whitman design technique, Spine also has the iris/heart motif in gilt.
