COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Acorn stamp (detail), STC 3178 copy 1.
view_description
Acorn stamp (detail), STC 3178 copy 1.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
19th century English goatskin binding with coat of arms of Griswold.
general_description
19th century English goatskin binding with coat of arms of Griswold.
General Description
false
Binder:
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883.
binder
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883.
Binder
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
19th century
style_period
19th century
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 3178 copy 1
classification
STC 3178 copy 1
Call Number
false
Provenance:
A.W. Griswold - Marshall Clifford Lefferts copy
provenance
A.W. Griswold - Marshall Clifford Lefferts copy
Provenance
false
Author:
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
author
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Author
false
Title:
[De casibus virorum illustrium. English] The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time: wherin may be seen what vices bring menne to destruccion, wyth notable warninges howe the like may be auoyded. Translated into Englysh by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Burye.
title
[De casibus virorum illustrium. English] The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time: wherin may be seen what vices bring menne to destruccion, wyth notable warninges howe the like may be auoyded. Translated into Englysh by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Burye.
Title
false
Created / Published:
Imprinted at London : by Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium, [1554?]
created_published
Imprinted at London : by Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium, [1554?]
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=161893
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
331 x 224 x 35 mm
display_dimensions
331 x 224 x 35 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Dark brown goatskin.
materials
Dark brown goatskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on six supports (raised or recessed?).
technique
Sewn on six supports (raised or recessed?).
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Double tiered with a front bead sewn with sepia, beige and brown silk.
headbands
Double tiered with a front bead sewn with sepia, beige and brown silk.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Gilt on all three edges.
edge_treatment
Gilt on all three edges.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Two flyleaves and paste-down.
end_papers
Two flyleaves and paste-down.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
Tooled in simple panel with the frames gilt and blind tooled, created with a variable width blind tooled triple line fillet, with the outer thin line re-tooled and gilt. At angles between the outer and inner frame at angles is a gilt acorn and four leaf stem stamp. In the center is the gilt Griswold arms. The spine is divided into seven panels with gilt text in the second, third and fourth panels; all others have a cone with crowning florets stamp in the center tooled within a gilt and blind tooled frame. At the top and bottom is a gilt broad leaf on a vine decorative roll. The edges of the boards are gilt with a single line fillet and the turn-ins are gilt with a double line fillet.
decorative_description
Tooled in simple panel with the frames gilt and blind tooled, created with a variable width blind tooled triple line fillet, with the outer thin line re-tooled and gilt. At angles between the outer and inner frame at angles is a gilt acorn and four leaf stem stamp. In the center is the gilt Griswold arms. The spine is divided into seven panels with gilt text in the second, third and fourth panels; all others have a cone with crowning florets stamp in the center tooled within a gilt and blind tooled frame. At the top and bottom is a gilt broad leaf on a vine decorative roll. The edges of the boards are gilt with a single line fillet and the turn-ins are gilt with a double line fillet.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false