COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Front cover and spine, DC122.8 I65.
view_description
Front cover and spine, DC122.8 I65.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Early 19th century English binding.
general_description
Early 19th century English binding.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
19th century (early)
style_period
19th century (early)
Period
false
Call Number:
DC122.8 I65
classification
DC122.8 I65
Call Number
false
Provenance:
W.T. Smedley.
provenance
W.T. Smedley.
Provenance
false
Author:
Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835.
author
Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835.
Author
false
Title:
Memoirs of Henry the Great, and of the court of France during his reign.
title
Memoirs of Henry the Great, and of the court of France during his reign.
Title
false
Created / Published:
London, Harding, Triphook and Lepard, 1824.
created_published
London, Harding, Triphook and Lepard, 1824.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=8733
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
220 x 134 x 28 mm
display_dimensions
220 x 134 x 28 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Green calfskin.
materials
Green calfskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on three recessed supports that do not correspond to the four flat false raised bands on the spine.
technique
Sewn on three recessed supports that do not correspond to the four flat false raised bands on the spine.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Machine embroidered stuck on headband in burgundy red and white alternating stripes.
headbands
Machine embroidered stuck on headband in burgundy red and white alternating stripes.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Shell marbled pattern in brown and red colors (faded).
edge_treatment
Shell marbled pattern in brown and red colors (faded).
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Two blank flyleaves and a single shell pattern marble paper flyleaf and paste-down, in brown and red colors.
end_papers
Two blank flyleaves and a single shell pattern marble paper flyleaf and paste-down, in brown and red colors.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are tooled with multiple frames. The outer frame is a gilt double line with rope pattern in-between, then a gilt floral and berry decorative roll, then a blind tooled anthemion and key frame base decorative roll, then a ten line concentric blind tooled line frame around a willow grained center panel. The spine is divided into five panels, with the title gilt on a red leather label in the second panel, The volume number is gilt on a red leather label in the fourth panel. All the other panels are gilled with ornate volute corner brackets and a crenulated center box. The board edges and the turn-ins are gilt with leafy decorative roll.
decorative_description
The covers are tooled with multiple frames. The outer frame is a gilt double line with rope pattern in-between, then a gilt floral and berry decorative roll, then a blind tooled anthemion and key frame base decorative roll, then a ten line concentric blind tooled line frame around a willow grained center panel. The spine is divided into five panels, with the title gilt on a red leather label in the second panel, The volume number is gilt on a red leather label in the fourth panel. All the other panels are gilled with ornate volute corner brackets and a crenulated center box. The board edges and the turn-ins are gilt with leafy decorative roll.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Raised bands -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Raised bands -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false