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Rip Van Winkle As Played by Joseph Jefferson

2015.7.136

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

1890s

8-1/2 in

6-1/2 in

Washington Irving

New York

New York

United States

North America

1895

1899

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Thomas Watson Ball

Unsigned binding byThomas W. Ball. Olive green linen-like cloth stamped in bright and matte gilt in an art nouveau floral frame surrounding a rectangular panel of a mountain scene stamped in purple, dark green, and light blue.

Joseph Jefferson

Dion Boucicault

The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky

Featured in Minsky.

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