1899
EVANGELINE, A TALE OF ACADIE
BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
ILLUSTRATED
*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ GORGEOUS ART NOUVEAU FINE BINDING ~ COLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1899.
• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• stunning publisher's green decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding
• elaborate ornate embossed gold gilt stamping
• textblock top edge gilt - deckle edges otherwise
• red silk page-marker
• frontispiece with caption-printed tissue-guard
• extra vignette title page designed by Theodore B. Hapgood - his monogram appears bottom right
• illustrated with numerous full-page color plates, each with caption-printed tissue-guard
• 181 pages
1899 PTLA: "The Copley Series. The volumes in this new series deserve the attention of all book-lovers. The colored illustrations, printed by a new process, are a special feature, while the deckle-edge paper, wide margins, printed tissues, silk bookmarks, and artistic cover designs combine to make these volumes unique specimens of book-making. 12mo., cloth, gilt top."
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