The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni / Nathaniel Hawthorne
2015.7.161
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1890s
8-1/4 in
5-1/2 in
Nathaniel Hawthorne
BostonNew York
MassachusettsNew York
United States
North America
1890
Riverside Press ; Electrotyped and printed by H.O. Houghton & Co.
Cambridge
Massachusetts
United States
North America
Publisher's Binding
Sarah Wyman Whitman
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.
Rome
Italy
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