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Illustrated book, 336 pages. Red publisher's cover stamped with designs in gold and black. Green end papers. The contents originally appeared as a series of articles in Scribner's Magazine, 1875-77.
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Title: The House Beautiful, Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks
Author:
Clarence Cook (American, Dorchester, Massachusetts 1828–1900)
Artist:
Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
Artist:
W. B. Duncan (active 19th century)
Artist:
Francis Lathrop (American, Pacific Ocean 1849–1909)
Artist:
Alexandre Sandier (French, Beaune 1843–1916 Beaune)
Artist:
R. Riordan (active 19th century)
Artist:
James S. Inglis (British (born Scotland), 1852–1907)
Artist:
Maria Oakey Dewing (American, 1855–1927)
Designer:
Cover by Daniel Cottier (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1838–1891 Jacksonville, Florida)
Engraver:
Henry Marsh (American, 1826–1912)
Engraver:
Guilaumot, Jr. (active 19th century)
Engraver:
Francis Scott King (American, Auburn, Maine 1850–1913 Newark, New Jersey)
Engraver:
G. A. Avery (American, active 1871–78)
Engraver:
Adolph Will (active 19th century)
Engraver:
C. J. Wardell (American, 19th century)
Engraver:
Félix Leblanc (French, born Paris, 1823)
Publisher:
Scribner, Armstrong and Company (New York, NY)
Printer:
Francis Hart & Co. (New York, NY)
Date: 1878
Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs and wood engraving
Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (25.5 x 20 x 3.4 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Misses Elizabeth and Katharine Beebe, 1942
Accession Number: 42.50.1
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