Thaddeus of Warsaw / Miss Jane Porter
Book
459 pages. 2 tissue guarded engravings preceding the title page.
2015.7.108
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1880sHistoryStanislaus II Augustus, 1764-1795
7-1/2 in
5 in
Jane Porter
New and Revised
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Bound in mustard yellow cloth with elaborate black stamping to cover and spine of a bordered Asian-inspired leaf, branch, and flower design with a diagonal orientation. Urns with flowers, an owl, and a title ribbon band to the cover stamped in gilt. Cover stamping fills the entire board and spine. Spine has a wide title band stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers.
Gift inscription dated 1881
Poland
Europe