1899 EVANGELINE, A TALE OF ACADIE BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW - ILLUSTRATED

1899

EVANGELINE, A TALE OF ACADIE

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

ILLUSTRATED

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1899.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5''

• stunning publisher's decorative cloth Art Nouveau fine binding

• elaborate ornate embossed gold gilt stamping

• textblock top edge gilt - deckle edges otherwise

• frontispiece with caption-printed tissue-guard

• extra vignette title page designed by Theodore B. Hapgood - his monogram appears bottom right

• illustrated with full-page color plates, each with caption-printed tissue-guard

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."