The Song of the Wave, and Other Poems / George Cabot Lodge
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.173
Description
Bound for Beauty #25
135 p. : ill.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1890s
Dimensions
Height
7-7/8 in
Width
5-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
George Cabot Lodge
Edition
First
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1898
Printer
Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Company
Place Printed
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
Binding Designer
Decorative Designers
Binding Notes
Unsigned design attributed to Lee Thayer of the Decorative Designers. Bound in dark blue cloth with a stunning full cover design of a breaking wave. Stamped in two shades of gilt - a lighter and darker shade, creating swirling, rising, cresting energy. Title to spine.
Design is highly influenced by Japanese woodcuts, notably "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" created in the 1820's by Hokusai, a Japanese artist of the Edo period.
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky
Notes
Featured on page 90.
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
