Joyzelle and Monna Vanna / Maurice Maeterlinck
Book
277 pages.

2015.7.339
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
French drama.1910s
7-3/4 in
5-1/4 in
Maurice Maeterlinck
First American
Dodd, Mead & Company
New York
New York
United States
North America
1907
Publisher's Binding- 20th Century Blind Stamping
One of the uniform bindings in the series The Works of Maurice Maeterlinck. Bound in garden green vertical ribbed cloth with a repeating pattern of leaf and lily pad to spine, front, and rear covers created by blind stamping. Gilt stamped titles to spine and cover. Top edge gilt. A contemporary, early twentieth century use of blind stamping, which was so heavily used in the 1840's to 1860's.
First American printing.