[Mary Moulton Cheney | Hand-Colored] The City Drop 2 and colophon ornament

and colophon ornament

and though the work is unsigned

Who tell in words

and 19th centuries (a few examples mentioned below)

the covers tooled in gilt with a double fillet border and with a large cartouche of intertwining leafy stems and flowers outlined by gouges

[Mary Moulton Cheney | Hand-Colored] The City Drop 2 and colophon ornamentUpson, Arthur. The City: A Poem Drama. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1904. Introductory note by The Count Lutzow. Decorative title page and 10 chapter headers and footers by Mary Moulton Cheney, all of which have been hand colored in gilt and varying shades of green, yellow, red, and purple. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Measures approx. 5. 25" x 7. 5". Bookplate to front pastedown. Some light