COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Front cover (detail), STC 22273 fo.1 no.14.
view_description
Front cover (detail), STC 22273 fo.1 no.14.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
First Folio no.14, late 19th century, bound by Francis Bedford
general_description
First Folio no.14, late 19th century, bound by Francis Bedford
General Description
false
Binder:
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883.
binder
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883.
Binder
false
Country / Style:
England, London
country_style
England, London
Country / Style
false
Period:
19th century (late)
style_period
19th century (late)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 22273 fo.1 no.14
classification
STC 22273 fo.1 no.14
Call Number
false
Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Author
false
Title:
[Works. 1623] Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies.
title
[Works. 1623] Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies.
Title
false
Created / Published:
London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.
created_published
London : Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=79194
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
339 x 214 (shoulder to fore-edge) x 51 mm, 5 mm board thickness
display_dimensions
339 x 214 (shoulder to fore-edge) x 51 mm, 5 mm board thickness
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Bound in red cape morocco goatskin.
materials
Bound in red cape morocco goatskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
6 single raised cords.
technique
6 single raised cords.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Double tiered front bead silk sewn with burgundy, green and gold button hole thread over rolled paper cores.
headbands
Double tiered front bead silk sewn with burgundy, green and gold button hole thread over rolled paper cores.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Rough gilt on all three edges.
edge_treatment
Rough gilt on all three edges.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Plain dull (mottled) purple/brown flyleaf and paste-down.
end_papers
Plain dull (mottled) purple/brown flyleaf and paste-down.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
Tooled to a triple panel design of single line fillet with small dots at corners. At angles between the first and second panel is a windswept tulip surrounded by nine dots. Between the second and inner most panel at the corners is a composite ornament of anemone, pomegranates on stems and columbine flowers surrounded by small dots and circles all emanating from a circle with a quatrefoil ornament in the center and clovers around. The spine divided into seven panels, the second panel lettered with SHAKESPEARE, the third with 1623. All other panels are highly tooled with around a center circle with a crescent surrounded by four acorns and anemone, columbine, pomegranate on stems. The inner squares of the boards are first tooled with a two single line fillet borders with small dots at corners. The borders are filled at corners with columbine and anemone flowers. The edges of the boards are tooled with a single line fillet.
decorative_description
Tooled to a triple panel design of single line fillet with small dots at corners. At angles between the first and second panel is a windswept tulip surrounded by nine dots. Between the second and inner most panel at the corners is a composite ornament of anemone, pomegranates on stems and columbine flowers surrounded by small dots and circles all emanating from a circle with a quatrefoil ornament in the center and clovers around. The spine divided into seven panels, the second panel lettered with SHAKESPEARE, the third with 1623. All other panels are highly tooled with around a center circle with a crescent surrounded by four acorns and anemone, columbine, pomegranate on stems. The inner squares of the boards are first tooled with a two single line fillet borders with small dots at corners. The borders are filled at corners with columbine and anemone flowers. The edges of the boards are tooled with a single line fillet.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
Boxed in a "Folger Phase box" a three flap housing with ribbon / Velcro closure
other_details
Boxed in a "Folger Phase box" a three flap housing with ribbon / Velcro closure
Other Details
false
Literature:
West 72 (West, The Shakespeare first folio : the history of the book, New York, 2001, vol.2).
references
West 72 (West, The Shakespeare first folio : the history of the book, New York, 2001, vol.2).
Literature
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin 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