COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Inside back cover with indents, V.a. 361.
view_description
Inside back cover with indents, V.a. 361.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Early 17th century English/French? blank book with clasps.
general_description
Early 17th century English/French? blank book with clasps.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
France?
country_style
France?
Country / Style
false
Country / Style:
England?
country_style
England?
Country / Style
false
Period:
17th century (early)
style_period
17th century (early)
Period
false
Call Number:
V.a. 361
classification
V.a. 361
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Littleton, Edward, 1727-1812, former owner.; Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, former owner.
provenance
Littleton, Edward, 1727-1812, former owner.; Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, former owner.
Provenance
false
Title:
A book of receipts which was given me by several men for several causes, griefs and diseases . . .
title
A book of receipts which was given me by several men for several causes, griefs and diseases . . .
Title
false
Created / Published:
[manuscript], ca. 1625-ca. 1700.
created_published
[manuscript], ca. 1625-ca. 1700.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=230895
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
204 x 156 x 40 mm
display_dimensions
204 x 156 x 40 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Greenish/brown goatskin.
materials
Greenish/brown goatskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on four recessed alum tawed supports laced straight through the boards.
technique
Sewn on four recessed alum tawed supports laced straight through the boards.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Red and white linen thread with a front bead sewn over a rolled vellum core.
headbands
Red and white linen thread with a front bead sewn over a rolled vellum core.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Gilt on all three edges.
edge_treatment
Gilt on all three edges.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Blank flyleaf and paste-down with bifolium, folded underneath at the hinge.
end_papers
Blank flyleaf and paste-down with bifolium, folded underneath at the hinge.
End Papers
false
Closures:
Two full metal fore-edge brass clasps hinging from the back covers and catching on the front (the cover design is symmetrical and could have been used in the opposite direction). The metal has been engraved, embossed with rosettes and turning of circles. Possibly French?
closures
Two full metal fore-edge brass clasps hinging from the back covers and catching on the front (the cover design is symmetrical and could have been used in the opposite direction). The metal has been engraved, embossed with rosettes and turning of circles. Possibly French?
Closures
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are divided into two panels with the frames tooled with a blind tooled double line fillet with a single gilt line fillet in-between. At angles in the outer panel are gilt tulip floret in a vase stamps. In the center of the inner panel is a rhombus shaped blocked center piece stamp with hatched acanthus leaf volutes and fleur-de-lis and berries. The spine is divided into ten panels by gilt double lines. The board edges are gilt with a solid and hollow diamond decorative roll.
decorative_description
The covers are divided into two panels with the frames tooled with a blind tooled double line fillet with a single gilt line fillet in-between. At angles in the outer panel are gilt tulip floret in a vase stamps. In the center of the inner panel is a rhombus shaped blocked center piece stamp with hatched acanthus leaf volutes and fleur-de-lis and berries. The spine is divided into ten panels by gilt double lines. The board edges are gilt with a solid and hollow diamond decorative roll.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Clasps -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Clasps -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Clasps -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Clasps -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 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):
Leather bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 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):
Turn-ins -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Turn-ins -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Turn-ins -- France -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Turn-ins -- France -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false