CLEMENT, Clara Erskine "Angels in Art" [L. C. Page and Co, 1898]

CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. Angels in Art.

Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1898. 7.5" x 5", 267pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white reproductions (x34). Publisher’s red cloth, front cover stamped in gilt and color with central angel panel within ornamental border; spine lettered in gilt with floral device. Text block slightly swelled at center, causing a mild outward bow to the boards; binding remains sound and secure. Slit to cloth at head of spineBinding firm; cloth bright with mild edgewear and light rubbing at spine ends. Interior clean. Very Good-.

A richly illustrated late nineteenth-century survey of angelic imagery in Western art, handsomely produced in Page’s characteristic decorative cloth binding. The elaborate cover design remains the visual centerpiece of the volume.