Mabel Martin: A Harvest Idyl / John Greenleaf Whittier
Book
72 pages. Illustrations.
Compare to the similar binding of Whittier's "Snow-Bound," which at first glance appears to be a uniform binding, but is actually by a different publisher and is a close design match, but not identical, a common publishing practice in the 1870s and 1880s.
2015.7.56
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1870s
8-1/2 in
John Greenleaf Whittier
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1874
1876
Publisher's Binding- Victorian
Bound in rust colored cloth black stamped double crossed lines surrounding a central gilt-stamped square containing the title and vertical sheafs of grains and wildflowers. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Gilt titles to spine.
Compare binding to Whittier's "Snow-Bound" (2015.7.66)