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The Empress Eugenie: The Secret of An Empire

Bookcover designed by Alice Cordelia Morse American
Author Pierre de Lano French
Publisher G. P. Putnam, New York American
1880
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Empress Eugenie: The Secret of An Empire
  • Artist: Bookcover designed by Alice Cordelia Morse (American, Ohio 1863–1961)
  • Author: Pierre de Lano (French, 1859–1904)
  • Publisher: G. P. Putnam, New York
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Dark turquoise cloth covered boards with gold decoration
  • Dimensions: Overall: 7 9/16 × 11 5/16 in. (19.2 × 28.7 cm)
    Front cover: 7 9/16 × 4 7/8 in. (19.2 × 12.4 cm)
    Front cover and spine: 7 9/16 × 6 7/16 in. (19.2 × 16.3 cm)
  • Classification: Bindings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alice C. Morse, 1923, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 56.522.66
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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