The marble faun or the romance of Monte Beni ... illustrated with photogravures
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1889. First edition with these illustrations; 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], ii, [4], [7]-266; [8], [267]-527; portrait frontispiece of the author, 50 photogravures depicting scenery and monuments in Italy; contemporary full vellum with gilt designs by Sarah Whitman: 3 large stylized flowers with semé backgrounds on front covers, one on the back covers, gilt semé decorated spines enclosed by guilt lettering direct, t.e.g.; light soiling, else near fine. This particular binding design was used subsequently for an edition of Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, with illustrations by F. O. C. Darley in 1892. Sarah de St. Prix Wyman Whitman was an American artist and illustrator, stained glass designer, and author. As a member of the Board of the Harvard University "Annex," she helped to found Radcliffe College. Item #47231
Price: $400.00
