COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Open covers, PQ4621 C79 E5 cage.
view_description
Open covers, PQ4621 C79 E5 cage.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Early 18th century Italian Rococo armorial binding, PQ4621 C79 E5 cage.
general_description
Early 18th century Italian Rococo armorial binding, PQ4621 C79 E5 cage.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
Italy
country_style
Italy
Country / Style
false
Period:
18th century (early)
style_period
18th century (early)
Period
false
Call Number:
PQ4621 C79 E5 cage
classification
PQ4621 C79 E5 cage
Call Number
false
Author:
Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (1663-1728).
author
Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (1663-1728).
Author
false
Title:
L'Elvio favola pastorale d'Alfesibeo Cario pastore, e custode d'Arcadia.
title
L'Elvio favola pastorale d'Alfesibeo Cario pastore, e custode d'Arcadia.
Title
false
Created / Published:
In Roma : Per Gio. Battista Molo, 1695.
created_published
In Roma : Per Gio. Battista Molo, 1695.
Created / Published
false
Dimensions:
197 x 122 x 15 mm
display_dimensions
197 x 122 x 15 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Red goatskin.
materials
Red goatskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on three recessed hemp cord supports that do not correspond to the five false raised bands on the spine.
technique
Sewn on three recessed hemp cord supports that do not correspond to the five false raised bands on the spine.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Stuck on in blue and white thread.
headbands
Stuck on in blue and white thread.
Headbands
false
End Papers:
One blank flyleaf and a block printed decorative paste-paper flyleaf and paste-down in red and sepia colors.
end_papers
One blank flyleaf and a block printed decorative paste-paper flyleaf and paste-down in red and sepia colors.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are elaborately gilt with a Rococo design. The outer border is tooled with an anthemion on a double line and fern-tip decorative roll. At the corners of the cover are large gilt rococo compartments filled with a grill centers with anthemion leaf surrounds, small and larger star stamps and individual anthemion stamps surround an armorial coronet atop a shield with an arm in armor embowed holding a sword with a crescent. The spine is divided into six panels each framed with a fern-tip on a line and filled with acanthus leaf corner brackets and a berry on a stem center stamp. The board edges are gilt with an acanthus leaf decorative roll.
decorative_description
The covers are elaborately gilt with a Rococo design. The outer border is tooled with an anthemion on a double line and fern-tip decorative roll. At the corners of the cover are large gilt rococo compartments filled with a grill centers with anthemion leaf surrounds, small and larger star stamps and individual anthemion stamps surround an armorial coronet atop a shield with an arm in armor embowed holding a sword with a crescent. The spine is divided into six panels each framed with a fern-tip on a line and filled with acanthus leaf corner brackets and a berry on a stem center stamp. The board edges are gilt with an acanthus leaf decorative roll.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Armorial bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold blocked bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold blocked bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- Ireland -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- Italy -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Raised bands -- Italy -- 18th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Raised bands -- Italy -- 18th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false