Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick, With Drawings by EDWIN A. ABBEY.
by Herrick, Robert.
New York (Harper & Brothers), 1882.. (10), vi, 188pp. 42 full-paged wood-engraved plates in text. Culs-de-lampe and vignettes throughout, also wood-engraved after Abbey. Lrg. 4to. Publishers dec. beige cloth gilt, probably designed by Abbey. A.e.g. The cover design of this book, far in advance of Edwin Austin Abbeys narrative style illustrations, is an early manifestation of Art nouveau influence, from across the Atlantic, in the somewhat vibrating, floating design, in the choice of green, gold and red on a pale beige cloth, and in the new freedom of the hand-lettering (Turn of a Century). Covers foxed. (Inventory #: B52252-1)