COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Open covers
view_description
Open covers
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Mid 17th century French goatskin binding
general_description
Mid 17th century French goatskin binding
General Description
false
Country / Style:
France
country_style
France
Country / Style
false
Period:
17th century (mid)
style_period
17th century (mid)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 22937
classification
STC 22937
Call Number
false
Provenance:
faint initials on t.p.: E. B.
provenance
faint initials on t.p.: E. B.
Provenance
false
Author:
Soto, Andrés de, 1553?-1625.
author
Soto, Andrés de, 1553?-1625.
Author
false
Title:
The ransome of time being captive. Wherein is declared how precious à thing is time, how much he looseth that looseth it, & how it may be redeemed. Written in Spanish, by the R. Father Andreas de Soto, confessor to the most excellent Infanta Clara Eugenia. Translated into English by J.H.
title
The ransome of time being captive. Wherein is declared how precious à thing is time, how much he looseth that looseth it, & how it may be redeemed. Written in Spanish, by the R. Father Andreas de Soto, confessor to the most excellent Infanta Clara Eugenia. Translated into English by J.H.
Title
false
Created / Published:
At Doway : Printed by Gerard Pinsone att the signe of Coline, 1634.
created_published
At Doway : Printed by Gerard Pinsone att the signe of Coline, 1634.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=158780
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
171 x 101 x 18 mm
display_dimensions
171 x 101 x 18 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Black goatskin.
materials
Black goatskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on three recessed alum tawed supports laced straight thought the paste boards.
technique
Sewn on three recessed alum tawed supports laced straight thought the paste boards.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Very fine blue and white silk thread headbands with a front bead.
headbands
Very fine blue and white silk thread headbands 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:
Single blank flyleaf, no paste-down.
end_papers
Single blank flyleaf, no paste-down.
End Papers
false
Closures:
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
closures
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
Closures
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are gilt in a two panel design with the frames tooled with double line fillets. Tooled at angles in the outer panel is a gilt compound tulip fleuron with pointille sprays. At angles in the inner panel is a gilt smaller corner scroll fleuron. In the center of the inner panel is an ornamental design composed of two back to back large acanthus leaf-and-tulip fleurons and the same smaller corner scroll fleuron that was tooled at angles. The smooth spine is gilt with a double line horizontal frame with small quatrefoil, rosette, and V stamps at the head and tail and in the center. The board edges are gilt with a single line fillet.
decorative_description
The covers are gilt in a two panel design with the frames tooled with double line fillets. Tooled at angles in the outer panel is a gilt compound tulip fleuron with pointille sprays. At angles in the inner panel is a gilt smaller corner scroll fleuron. In the center of the inner panel is an ornamental design composed of two back to back large acanthus leaf-and-tulip fleurons and the same smaller corner scroll fleuron that was tooled at angles. The smooth spine is gilt with a double line horizontal frame with small quatrefoil, rosette, and V stamps at the head and tail and in the center. The board edges are gilt with a single line fillet.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Pointillé tooling -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Pointillé tooling -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Ties -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Ties -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false