THE FIRST MORTGAGE: (Fully Illustrated) from Gustave Dore

Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very good. An early printing of this poeti...
Hardcover

1898 · Chicago

by Cook, E.U.
Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very good. An early printing of this poetic rendition of Adam and Eve's fall from grace, Daniel in the lion's den, Jesus on the cross, and other biblical passages, with striking wood engravings by the revered French illustrator. Octavo: 228, [7, ads] pp. with a frontispiece portrait and 39 full-page plates, photo-process wood engravings or halftones after Gustave Doré. In the publisher's forest green diagonal fine-ribbed cloth binding, with silver-stamped ruled and floral borders, ornamental bands, and stylized titling. Unobtrusive embossed stamp and a period previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf. Faint spotting to the top edge, with a bit of rubbing along the extremities of the boards; else very good or better. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. (Inventory #: 77915)
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