The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Book
2 volume set. Frontispieces (volume 1: tissue guarded portrait of Hawthorne) 49 plates.
Illustrated with photogravures.
2015.7.160
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1890s
8-1/4 in
5-1/2 in
Nathaniel Hawthorne
BostonNew York
MassachusettsNew York
United States
North America
1889
Publisher's Binding
Sarah Wyman Whitman
Two-color title page. Top edges gilt. Designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman in a three part binding of cream vellum-like cloth to the spine with red cloth boards with a square (2.5 x 2.5 inches approx.) panel in an intricate gilt stamped stylized design of an iris blossom and small hearts to the front right center, repeated on the rear board, a common Whitman design technique, Spine also has the iris/heart motif in gilt.
Rome
Italy
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