Creator
Richard Watson Gilder.
Title
The New Day: A Poem in Songs and Sonnets.
Coverage
New York:
Publisher
Scribner, Armstrong and Company,
Date
1876
Subject
Cover design by Helena de Kay.
Description
This binding design by Helena de Kay (1846-1916) is a superb example of American Aestheticism and is considered the first publisher’s binding designed by a woman in the United States. Her design for The New Day, a book of poetry by de Kay’s husband, is a gold peacock feather stamped with hatched lines to give the effect of iridescence… one of the most exquisite books in my collection.
Source
From the Collection of McKey Winston Berkman