Antique (1883) Bingen on the Rhine by Caroline E.S. Norton - Illustrated.
First Edition. Popular ballad poem written by the English poet, novelist, and social reformer. Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Norton (1808-1877). Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. First Published in the illustrated gift edition format in 1883. Printed on heavy stock paper and heavily illustrated throughout with steel engravings supervised by James W. Lauderbach and executed by a team of artists including W. T. Smedley, Fred B. Schell, and Edmund H. Garrett.
Victorian Era poetry book. Binding is showing mid-book. Pages Are Clean. Distress + discoloration to cover. Gilt detailing + lettering to cover. All page edges gilded. Heavily Illustrated. Beautiful Victorian cream-colored decorative board featuring a gold and silver gilt-ornamented cityscape illustration framed by an olive branch plant motif. Originally written as a poem in 1847, the narrative tells the poignant story of a dying soldier in the French Foreign Legion who reflects fondly on his beautiful home village of Bingen, Germany, as he passes away in Algiers.
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Antique (1883) Bingen on the Rhine by Caroline E.S. Norton - Illustrated.
First Edition. Popular ballad poem written by the English poet, novelist, and social reformer. Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan Norton (1808-1877). Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. First Published in the illustrated gift edition format in 1883. Printed on heavy stock paper and heavily illustrated throughout with steel engravings supervised by James W. Lauderbach and executed by a team of artists including W. T. Smedley, Fred B. Schell, and Edmund H. Garrett.
Victorian Era poetry book. Binding is showing mid-book. Pages Are Clean. Distress + discoloration to cover. Gilt detailing + lettering to cover. All page edges gilded. Heavily Illustrated. Beautiful Victorian cream-colored decorative board featuring a gold and silver gilt-ornamented cityscape illustration framed by an olive branch plant motif. Originally written as a poem in 1847, the narrative tells the poignant story of a dying soldier in the French Foreign Legion who reflects fondly on his beautiful home village of Bingen, Germany, as he passes away in Algiers.
Price Includes Shipping.
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