Poems / John Greenleaf Whittier
Book
319 pages.
Red ruled text.
No explanation given for varying names of publisher on title page and spine.
2015.7.133
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1880sEastlake
7-1/2 in
5 in
John Greenleaf Whittier
Lovell's Library
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1886
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Bound in light brown beveled cloth with black and gilt stamping of intricate borders of flowers, leaves, repeat patterns, and classical urn. Eastlake elements. Spine features a classical urn and a three leaf clover. Publisher's name in gilt to the bottom of spine reads "Belford, Clarke and Co. All edges gilt. Tan floral endpapers.
Identical binding design as Lovell's Poems by William Cullen Bryant. (2015.7.66)
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection