Letters and poems of Queen Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva)

The Bibliophile Society, founded in Boston in 1901, published this collection of letters and poems by Carmen Sylva—the pen name of Elisabeth of Wied, Queen of Romania—in 1920. The Society was an exclusive printing club that catered to elite book collectors by issuing limited-edition works, often focusing on rare, unpublished, or intimate literary manuscripts that would appeal to a refined, scholarly audience.

This edition serves as a window into the literary pursuits of the Queen, who was a prolific writer and a patron of the arts in her own right. The design of Bibliophile Society publications from this era generally emphasized traditional craftsmanship, utilizing high-quality paper, thoughtful typography, and elegant bindings to reflect the prestige of the literary content. The work was received primarily within private circles of bibliophiles who valued the intersection of royal biography and carefully curated private correspondence.