COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Open covers, STC 10551.2.
view_description
Open covers, STC 10551.2.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
19th century Scottish binding with the armorial crest of William Prest.
general_description
19th century Scottish binding with the armorial crest of William Prest.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
Scotland?
country_style
Scotland?
Country / Style
false
Period:
19th century
style_period
19th century
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 10551.2
classification
STC 10551.2
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Clippings from two different bookseller's catalogues on front and back paste-downs respectively; Harmsworth copy.
provenance
Clippings from two different bookseller's catalogues on front and back paste-downs respectively; Harmsworth copy.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Prest, William, bound for.
provenance
Prest, William, bound for.
Provenance
false
Author:
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.
author
Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.
Author
false
Title:
A meruaylous discourse vpon the lyfe, of Katherine de Medicis, wherin are display the meanes [of her] vsurping of the kingedome of France. [Anon. Tr. from French.]
title
A meruaylous discourse vpon the lyfe, of Katherine de Medicis, wherin are display the meanes [of her] vsurping of the kingedome of France. [Anon. Tr. from French.]
Title
false
Created / Published:
Paris [i.e Edinburgh], [J. Ross,] 1576.
created_published
Paris [i.e Edinburgh], [J. Ross,] 1576.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=171343
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
137 x 93 x 8 mm
display_dimensions
137 x 93 x 8 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Tan calfskin.
materials
Tan calfskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on four recessed supports that do not correspond to the five false bands on the spine.
technique
Sewn on four recessed supports that do not correspond to the five false bands on the spine.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Pink, white, and green silk with a front bead.
headbands
Pink, white, and green silk with a front bead.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Gilt on all three edges.
edge_treatment
Gilt on all three edges.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Two blank flyleaves and a single paste-down.
end_papers
Two blank flyleaves and a single paste-down.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are tooled with a narrow border of a gilt two line fillet stopped at the corners with a gilt dot. In the center of the cover is a gilt crest of William Prest, a horse's head with a corn stalk in its mouth. The spine is divided into six panels with Katherine De Medicis gilt on a darker calfskin label in the second panel. All the other panels are framed with gilt double lines, and in the upper panel is a small version of the gilt horses head crest. The board edges are gilt with a single line fillet, the turn-ins are gilt with narrow gilt two line fillet stopped at the corners with a gilt dot.
decorative_description
The covers are tooled with a narrow border of a gilt two line fillet stopped at the corners with a gilt dot. In the center of the cover is a gilt crest of William Prest, a horse's head with a corn stalk in its mouth. The spine is divided into six panels with Katherine De Medicis gilt on a darker calfskin label in the second panel. All the other panels are framed with gilt double lines, and in the upper panel is a small version of the gilt horses head crest. The board edges are gilt with a single line fillet, the turn-ins are gilt with narrow gilt two line fillet stopped at the corners with a gilt dot.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Armorial bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- Scotland -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Raised bands -- Scotland -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Raised bands -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false