[American Aesthetic Movement] The New Day E-List 16 Rolled gilt turn-ins with light

Rolled gilt turn-ins with light green and purple marbled endpapers

All of them have been consigned to us by the artist who created them

one wonders how many large paper copies are left extant

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[American Aesthetic Movement] The New Day E-List 16 Rolled gilt turn-ins with lightGilder, Richard Watson. The New Day, A Poem in Songs and Sonnets. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876. Illustrations engraved by Henry Marsh. Gold peacock feather on blue cloth over beveled boards. Burgundy endpapers. The binding design by Helena de Kay Gilder is believed to be the first publisher's binding to be designed by a woman in the United States (The Proper Decoration of Book Covers, Dubansky). Measures approx. 5. 25" x 7". Dark