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:
late 17th century English binding by the Tulip Spine binder
general_description
late 17th century English binding by the Tulip Spine binder
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
17th century (late)
style_period
17th century (late)
Period
false
Call Number:
A4229
classification
A4229
Call Number
false
Provenance:
inscribed "Buckingham" and "Thomas Wentworth"; bookplate of William Charles De Meuron. Earl Fitzwilliam
provenance
inscribed "Buckingham" and "Thomas Wentworth"; bookplate of William Charles De Meuron. Earl Fitzwilliam
Provenance
false
Author:
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.
author
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.
Author
false
Title:
[Meditations. English] Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperour, his meditations concerning himself: treating of a natural man's happiness; wherein it consisteth, and of the means to attain unto it. Translated out of the original Greek; with notes: by Meric Casaubon, D.D. and prebendary of Christ-Church, Canterbury.
title
[Meditations. English] Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperour, his meditations concerning himself: treating of a natural man's happiness; wherein it consisteth, and of the means to attain unto it. Translated out of the original Greek; with notes: by Meric Casaubon, D.D. and prebendary of Christ-Church, Canterbury.
Title
false
Created / Published:
London : printed for, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1673.
created_published
London : printed for, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1673.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=146711
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
174 x 111 x 22 mm
display_dimensions
174 x 111 x 22 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
acid sprinkled brown calfskin
materials
acid sprinkled brown calfskin
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
sewn on five single raised hemp cord supports laced through the boards
technique
sewn on five single raised hemp cord supports laced through the boards
Sewing
false
Headbands:
blue and white linen thread with a front bead sewn over a rolled paper core
headbands
blue and white linen thread with a front bead sewn over a rolled paper core
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
spot marbled edges in blue and orange/red colors
edge_treatment
spot marbled edges in blue and orange/red colors
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
single flyleaf and paste-down
end_papers
single flyleaf and paste-down
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are only decorated by the speckled acid staining. The spine is divided into six panels with all the panels framed by gilt double lines and a pin-dot rolls. The author is gilt on a red leather label in the second panel. All other panels are filled with a gilt decorative tulip roll. The board edges are blind tooled with a the tulip decorative roll.
decorative_description
The covers are only decorated by the speckled acid staining. The spine is divided into six panels with all the panels framed by gilt double lines and a pin-dot rolls. The author is gilt on a red leather label in the second panel. All other panels are filled with a gilt decorative tulip roll. The board edges are blind tooled with a the tulip decorative roll.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- 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):
Raised bands -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Raised bands -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Sprinkled calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Sprinkled calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false