Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither

Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Wither

New York

The Grolier Club

1893

Irene Nichols created this epitome of the English garden for Samuel Putnam Avery, completing it in her Westminster studio in April 1895. The red goatskin and silk tapestries feature espaliered trees of wisdom and life, climbing rosebushes, networks of root systems, flora and fauna; the edges are gilded and goffered. Avery kept this book in his home library, bequeathing it to his granddaughter.

Gift of Amy Welcher, 1992.

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