The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott With Life by William Chambers, LL.D. / Sir Walter Scott
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.118
Description
536 pages. Tissue guarded frontis.
Red bordered text.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Walter Scott
Publisher
Belford Clarke
Place Published
City
Chicago
State/Province
Illinois
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1886
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding Notes
Bound in putty colored cloth with black and brown stamping. Elaborate spine decoration featuring three leafed clovers and flowers with the top clover entering the wide gilt stamped title band. Publisher's name to bottom of spine stamped in gilt. Same motif to front board with black stamped title within gilt rectangle Geometric patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
Notes
No publication date.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William Chambers
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
