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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art

2015.7.30

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

PeriodicalsPublishing1860s

9-1/2 in

6-1/2 in

New York

New York

United States

North America

1863

Publisher's Binding

Bound in a textured green cloth (wave pattern) with triple ruled blind stamped decoration to front and rear. Frontis engraved portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Engraved portraits throughout. Gilt titles to spine.

Bookplate: H. Dwight Williams. Shows William family coat of arms with mottos Cognosce Occasioned & Y Fyno Duw Y Fydd. Stamped ticket: John A Gray & Green, Printers, Stereotypers, and Binders. Corner of Frankfort and Jacob Streets, Fire Proof Buildings.

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