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Ljóðmæli / Kristján Jónsson

2015.7.386

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Icelandic poetryTranslations into modern IcelandicTranslations from foreign literature

7-1/4 in

4-3/4 in

Kristján Jónsson

3. utg. aukin.

Reykjavík

Iceland

1911

Publisher's Binding- European Origin

Royal blue cloth binding stamped with gold and black. Rear cover blind stamped with borders. Spine with delicate decorative black elements on either side of gold heart-like borders and gold text. Front cover has alternating decorative borders of leaf and vine-like patterns and geometric in gold and black. Central image has title and author in gold, as well as a flower and vine-draped lyre in gold. Endpapers with tiny gold fleur-de-lis on white ribbed background. Delicately marbled edges in blue and terra-cotta.

Flyleaf inscription: To Miss Th. Thorvandson Christmas 1911 Vancouver B.C.

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