COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Inside back cover, V.a. 91.
view_description
Inside back cover, V.a. 91.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
1607 English center and cornerpiece binding on a book of calligraphy by Esther Inglis (1571-1624).
general_description
1607 English center and cornerpiece binding on a book of calligraphy by Esther Inglis (1571-1624).
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
1607
style_period
1607
Period
false
Call Number:
V.a. 91
classification
V.a. 91
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.; Jefferai, William, fl. 1607, dedicatee.; Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979, former owner.
provenance
Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.; Jefferai, William, fl. 1607, dedicatee.; Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979, former owner.
Provenance
false
Author:
Chandieu, Antoine de, 1534-1591.
author
Chandieu, Antoine de, 1534-1591.
Author
false
Title:
Octonaries upon the vanitie and inconstancie of the world [manuscript], 1607 December 23 / writin and limd be me Esther Inglis.
title
Octonaries upon the vanitie and inconstancie of the world [manuscript], 1607 December 23 / writin and limd be me Esther Inglis.
Title
false
Created / Published:
1607 December 23 / writin and limd be me Esther Inglis.
created_published
1607 December 23 / writin and limd be me Esther Inglis.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=128864
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
119 x 162 x 16 mm
display_dimensions
119 x 162 x 16 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Brown calfskin, rebacked with brown goatskin.
materials
Brown calfskin, rebacked with brown goatskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on three recessed supports.
technique
Sewn on three recessed supports.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Missing.
headbands
Missing.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Gilt on all three edges.
edge_treatment
Gilt on all three edges.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Three blank blue/yellow flyleaves with a marbled paper, Dahlia pattern flyleaf and paste-down in black, red, blue, and taupe colors.
end_papers
Three blank blue/yellow flyleaves with a marbled paper, Dahlia pattern flyleaf and paste-down in black, red, blue, and taupe colors.
End Papers
false
Closures:
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
closures
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
Closures
false
Decorative Description:
The covers have a gilt double line frame around blocked cornerpiece stamps cut to a strapwork design with a fan corner on a pin-dot ground. The center is blocked with a mandorla shaped cartouche with acanthus leaf and dog faced volute scrolls, with a background of a semé of quatrefoils. The smooth spine is gilt with a repeated stamp with a framed trefoil (same tool as found on STC 17518). The board edges are gilt with a decorative egg roll.
decorative_description
The covers have a gilt double line frame around blocked cornerpiece stamps cut to a strapwork design with a fan corner on a pin-dot ground. The center is blocked with a mandorla shaped cartouche with acanthus leaf and dog faced volute scrolls, with a background of a semé of quatrefoils. The smooth spine is gilt with a repeated stamp with a framed trefoil (same tool as found on STC 17518). The board edges are gilt with a decorative egg roll.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
Translation by Esther Inglis, from the French of A. de la Roche Chandieu, of 47 stanzas in English only, each penned in a different calligraphic style and illustrated with flowers, etc., in watercolor.
other_details
Translation by Esther Inglis, from the French of A. de la Roche Chandieu, of 47 stanzas in English only, each penned in a different calligraphic style and illustrated with flowers, etc., in watercolor.
Other Details
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Decorated papers -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Decorated papers -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Marbled papers -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Marbled papers -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Turn-ins -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Turn-ins -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false