Front Cover of Volume 1 of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. "Illustrated Edition" Reprint

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Citation

“Front Cover of Volume 1 of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. "Illustrated Edition" Reprint,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed March 29, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/497.

Description

George Putnam and Co. used this brown, cloth-covered binding for their first illustrated edition of The Wide Wide World, released in 1853. The focus of the cover is the central theme of the gilt heart encased in a large diamond shape frame. Surrounding this focal point are flowers in each of the four corners. The spine is hollow backed and printed in gilt, reading the title and the word ILLUSTRATIONS, all in capital letters.

Date

1853

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, 2 vols. in 1, illustrated ed. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853.

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Putnam

Coverage

10 Park Place, New York, NY, United States

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Identifier

11CIA_2