Robert Burns's Complete Poetical Works / Robert Burns
2015.7.222
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
7-1/4 in
5 in
Robert Burns
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1900
Publisher's Binding- White Spine, Floral
Bound in a wide white cloth spine stamped in an embossed gilt floral design. With glazed pictorial paper covered boards to cover in a dainty flower design printed in pink, and green against a cream background. All edges gilt. Binding represents a style which was extremely popular at the turn of the century noted for white spines and repeating small flower patterns in calico-like cloth or paper - obviously marketed to the feminine buyer.
No publication date.
Alexander Smith
index, memoir.
Robert Burns's Complete Poetical Works (2015.7.223)- Different floral paper.