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Cape Cod

Author Henry David Thoreau American
1908
Not on view
Green cloth with symmetrical design stamped in gold and red. Spine design and titles reflect those of the cover. Signed by Margaret Armstrong (MA in bottom right corner).

Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/2421

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cape Cod
  • Artist: Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867–1944 New York)
  • Author: Henry David Thoreau (American, 1817–1862)
  • Date: 1908
  • Geography: New York, New York
  • Dimensions: xii, 319 pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations ; Height: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
  • Object Number: Publishers Bindings 610
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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