COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Spine detail, STC 5641.
view_description
Spine detail, STC 5641.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Late 18th century Irish (?) diced Russian leather binding, probably by William McKenzie of Dublin.
general_description
Late 18th century Irish (?) diced Russian leather binding, probably by William McKenzie of Dublin.
General Description
false
Binder:
McKenzie, William, fl. 1783-1817.
binder
McKenzie, William, fl. 1783-1817.
Binder
false
Country / Style:
Ireland
country_style
Ireland
Country / Style
false
Period:
18th century (late)
style_period
18th century (late)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 5641
classification
STC 5641
Call Number
false
Provenance:
William Herbert copy; White Knights library; bookplate of John Towneley; bookplate initialed "R.W."; Britwell Court sale, June 1919:166; collated at Quaritch 7 July 1919; Harmsworth copy
provenance
William Herbert copy; White Knights library; bookplate of John Towneley; bookplate initialed "R.W."; Britwell Court sale, June 1919:166; collated at Quaritch 7 July 1919; Harmsworth copy
Provenance
false
Author:
Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457.
author
Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457.
Author
false
Title:
[De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio. English] A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowme[n]t of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne emperour of Rome, [and] what truth is in the same grau[n]t thou mayst se, and rede ye iugement of certayne great lerned men, whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere
title
[De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio. English] A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowme[n]t of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne emperour of Rome, [and] what truth is in the same grau[n]t thou mayst se, and rede ye iugement of certayne great lerned men, whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere
Title
false
Created / Published:
[Imprynted at London : By Thomas Godfray [for William Marshall, 1534]]
created_published
[Imprynted at London : By Thomas Godfray [for William Marshall, 1534]]
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=162038
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
237 x 173 x 14 mm
display_dimensions
237 x 173 x 14 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Chestnut color diced Russia calfskin.
materials
Chestnut color diced Russia calfskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Five recessed supports.
technique
Five recessed supports.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Double tiered silk thread with front bead in white, green and red color.
headbands
Double tiered silk thread with front bead in white, green and red color.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Mottle-stained with a yellow back ground with red and green irregular splotches, clearly evoking the colors and pattern of the marble paper endpapers.
edge_treatment
Mottle-stained with a yellow back ground with red and green irregular splotches, clearly evoking the colors and pattern of the marble paper endpapers.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Stone pattern marble paper in red, yellow-red, and gray.
end_papers
Stone pattern marble paper in red, yellow-red, and gray.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are gilt with an interwoven scroll broad leaf and vine with flower decorative roll. The smooth spine is divided into six panels by an intertwined wave between pin-dot rows decorative roll. The title is gilt on a green leather label in the second panel and the author is gilt on green leather label in the fourth panel. All other panels are filled with an oval stamp of a steeple with a laurel leaf spray at the top and a ground and flame coming from the bottom. Above and below the center stamp is an oval filled with a quatrefoil and flanked by anthemion. The board edges are gilt with a decorative roll.
decorative_description
The covers are gilt with an interwoven scroll broad leaf and vine with flower decorative roll. The smooth spine is divided into six panels by an intertwined wave between pin-dot rows decorative roll. The title is gilt on a green leather label in the second panel and the author is gilt on green leather label in the fourth panel. All other panels are filled with an oval stamp of a steeple with a laurel leaf spray at the top and a ground and flame coming from the bottom. Above and below the center stamp is an oval filled with a quatrefoil and flanked by anthemion. The board edges are gilt with a decorative roll.
Decorative Description
false
Literature:
Similar to #211 in Bookbinding in the British Isles Part II, Maggs Bros Ltd. Catalogue 1075.
references
Similar to #211 in Bookbinding in the British Isles Part II, Maggs Bros Ltd. Catalogue 1075.
Literature
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Russia leather bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Russia leather bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false