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Like Calderon's Prisoner and Through South America, this book uses textured gold to create a shimmering cover design for Thoreau’s masterpiece. The oval title is framed by a pea vine motif alluding to Thoreau’s self-sufficiency at Walden where he grew peas, corn, potatoes, and turnips.
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Title: Walden
Artist:
Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867–1944 New York)
Author:
Henry David Thoreau (American, 1817–1862)
Illustrator:
Clifton Johnson (1865–1940)
Publisher:
Thomas Y. Crowell Company (New York, NY)
Date: [1910]
Geography: New York, New York
Dimensions: xvi, 440 pages : frontispiece, plates
Object Number: Publishers Bindings 972
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