COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Front cover and spine
view_description
Front cover and spine
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Early 20th century American binding by Fletcher W. Battershall
general_description
Early 20th century American binding by Fletcher W. Battershall
General Description
false
Binder:
Battershall, Fletcher W. (Fletcher Williams), 1866-1929.
binder
Battershall, Fletcher W. (Fletcher Williams), 1866-1929.
Binder
false
Country / Style:
United States
country_style
United States
Country / Style
false
Period:
20th century (early)
style_period
20th century (early)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 19912
classification
STC 19912
Call Number
false
Provenance:
bookplate of Fletcher Battershall; on t.p. stamp with monogram of a bat and initials 'F B'
provenance
bookplate of Fletcher Battershall; on t.p. stamp with monogram of a bat and initials 'F B'
Provenance
false
Author:
Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556.
author
Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556.
Author
false
Title:
[Ragionamenti. Part 1-2] La prima parte de Ragionamenti di M. Pietro Aretino, cognominato il Flagello de prencipi, il Veritiero, e'l Divino, divisa in tre giornate, la contenenza de le quali si porra ne la facciata seguente. Veritas odium parit
title
[Ragionamenti. Part 1-2] La prima parte de Ragionamenti di M. Pietro Aretino, cognominato il Flagello de prencipi, il Veritiero, e'l Divino, divisa in tre giornate, la contenenza de le quali si porra ne la facciata seguente. Veritas odium parit
Title
false
Created / Published:
[[Bengodi] [i.e. London] : Stampata, con buono licenza (toltami) nella nobil citta di Bengodi, ne l'Italia altre volte pin felice [i.e. John Windet for John Wolfe], il viggessimo primo d'Octobre] MDLXXXIIII [1584]
created_published
[[Bengodi] [i.e. London] : Stampata, con buono licenza (toltami) nella nobil citta di Bengodi, ne l'Italia altre volte pin felice [i.e. John Windet for John Wolfe], il viggessimo primo d'Octobre] MDLXXXIIII [1584]
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=168616
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
149 x 94 x 38 mm
display_dimensions
149 x 94 x 38 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Chestnut brown sheepskin.
materials
Chestnut brown sheepskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on four single raised hemp cord supports.
technique
Sewn on four single raised hemp cord supports.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Sewn with bright green button hole twist silk with front bead.
headbands
Sewn with bright green button hole twist silk with front bead.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Gilt on all three edges.
edge_treatment
Gilt on all three edges.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
One blank flyleaf, three light green flyleaves, and a light blue flyleaf and paste-down.
end_papers
One blank flyleaf, three light green flyleaves, and a light blue flyleaf and paste-down.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are gilt with a single line fillet border with spaced gilt dots around the line. In the center is a gilt design of four pear shapes creating a quatrefoil with gilt dots, and small solid leaves in the center of the design are gilt circles that are filled with black leather onlays. The spine is divided into five panels with the title gilt in the first and second panels with other panels have a gilt intertwining quatrefoil design with gilt dots. The board edges are gilt with a single line fillet. The turn-ins are gilt with a single line fillet and a single line fillet border with spaced gilt dots around the line. The binders monogram, a "bat with the initials FB," is gilt on the bottom turn-in and stamped on the upper left paste-down and on the bottom of the title page.
decorative_description
The covers are gilt with a single line fillet border with spaced gilt dots around the line. In the center is a gilt design of four pear shapes creating a quatrefoil with gilt dots, and small solid leaves in the center of the design are gilt circles that are filled with black leather onlays. The spine is divided into five panels with the title gilt in the first and second panels with other panels have a gilt intertwining quatrefoil design with gilt dots. The board edges are gilt with a single line fillet. The turn-ins are gilt with a single line fillet and a single line fillet border with spaced gilt dots around the line. The binders monogram, a "bat with the initials FB," is gilt on the bottom turn-in and stamped on the upper left paste-down and on the bottom of the title page.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
Fletcher W. Battershall is the author of Book-Binding for Bibliophiles and two other books. We know little of Battershall. He was born in Ravenswood, NY in 1866 and left this world in 1929. Between these dates he took a degree from Cornell University; read law and was admitted to the New York bar; and, in 1897, married Maude Goodrich Fiero. For a time he lived in Albany, New York and was deputy Supreme Court reporter for the State. He may have studied bookbinding under Louis Kinder, head binder at the Roycroft Shop. Kinder's book, Formulas for Bookbinders, was published by the Roycroft Press in 1905, with this note: "To my sincere friend, Fletcher W. Battershall, whose love for and unceasing labors in the study of artistic bookbinding I have ever deeply admired, these Formulas are dedicated."
other_details
Fletcher W. Battershall is the author of Book-Binding for Bibliophiles and two other books. We know little of Battershall. He was born in Ravenswood, NY in 1866 and left this world in 1929. Between these dates he took a degree from Cornell University; read law and was admitted to the New York bar; and, in 1897, married Maude Goodrich Fiero. For a time he lived in Albany, New York and was deputy Supreme Court reporter for the State. He may have studied bookbinding under Louis Kinder, head binder at the Roycroft Shop. Kinder's book, Formulas for Bookbinders, was published by the Roycroft Press in 1905, with this note: "To my sincere friend, Fletcher W. Battershall, whose love for and unceasing labors in the study of artistic bookbinding I have ever deeply admired, these Formulas are dedicated."
Other Details
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- United States -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- United States -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- United States -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- United States -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- United States -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- United States -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Onlays -- United States -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Onlays -- United States -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Raised bands -- United States -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Raised bands -- United States -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Sheepskin bindings -- United States -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Sheepskin bindings -- United States -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false