Rollo In Switzerland / Jacob Abbott
Book
221 pages. Illustrated with small engravings. Publisher's red stain to page edges.
One of the highly popular "Rollo in Europe" series, later printing, first published in 1858.
2015.7.59
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
TravelJuvenile literature1880s
6-1/4 in
4 in
Jacob Abbott
Rollo's Tour in Europe
New York
New York
United States
North America
1883
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
An example of an 1880s Victorian binding displaying the Japanese influence so dominant in this decade. Bound in tan cloth hardcovers with a black stamped design to the front cover featuring a ruled border of black stamped suns, two panels of branches and blossoms, and a central stamped vignette printed on the diagonal. A gilt title panel features raised typeface.
Switzerland
Europe