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Gems from the English Poets, Chaucer to Tennyson

2015.7.57

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

English poetryLiterary selections1880s

7-1/2 in

5 in

Excelsior

New York

New York

United States

North America

circa 1880

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Bound in green cloth with black stamped leaf and vine border surrounding black and gilt stamped floral design extending into matte gilt title panel. Classical harp black stamped to spine with gilt wide title band. Series name: "Excelsior" stamped to bottom of spine. Blind stamping to rear. Brown stone endpapers. All edges gilt.

Publication Date: 188-?

Uniform binding with "The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson" (2015.7.131)

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