COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
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Image Caption:
Front cover and spine, STC 25259.
view_description
Front cover and spine, STC 25259.
Image Caption
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General Description:
A binding by Francis Bedford, with Elizabethan style gauffering, ca. 1850. Black goatskin over millboards with gilt decoration. Gilt and gauffered edges.
general_description
A binding by Francis Bedford, with Elizabethan style gauffering, ca. 1850. Black goatskin over millboards with gilt decoration. Gilt and gauffered edges.
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:
ca. 1850
style_period
ca. 1850
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 25259
classification
STC 25259
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Sale of the stock of W. J. Leighton, Sotheby's, November 14, 1918, lot 800; Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937).
provenance
Sale of the stock of W. J. Leighton, Sotheby's, November 14, 1918, lot 800; Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937).
Provenance
false
Author:
Werdmü̈ller, Otto, 1511-1552.
author
Werdmü̈ller, Otto, 1511-1552.
Author
false
Title:
[Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English]. A spirituall, and most precious pearle ...
title
[Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English]. A spirituall, and most precious pearle ...
Title
false
Created / Published:
Printed at London : By Robert Robinson, 1593.
created_published
Printed at London : By Robert Robinson, 1593.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=168111
Hamnet URL
false
Technical Description:
Sewn on five thin raised cords, with made marbled endpapers and pastedowns with one plain endpaper. Rounded and backed spine. Double head- and tailbands worked in brown, white, and pink silk. Boards back cornered. Head- and tailcaps tied round. Mitered corners. Plated covers.
technical_description
Sewn on five thin raised cords, with made marbled endpapers and pastedowns with one plain endpaper. Rounded and backed spine. Double head- and tailbands worked in brown, white, and pink silk. Boards back cornered. Head- and tailcaps tied round. Mitered corners. Plated covers.
Technical Description
false
Dimensions:
98 x 72 x19 mm.
display_dimensions
98 x 72 x19 mm.
Dimensions
false
Decorative Description:
Edges gilt and gauffered in an interlaced herringbone design. Binding, signed "BOUND BY F. BEDFORD," is decorated with gilt corner tools which in turn form a centerpiece set on a seme of stars. Border comprises a roll and two-line fillet. Full gilt spine. Edges of the boards and turn-ins gilt with fillet and roll.
decorative_description
Edges gilt and gauffered in an interlaced herringbone design. Binding, signed "BOUND BY F. BEDFORD," is decorated with gilt corner tools which in turn form a centerpiece set on a seme of stars. Border comprises a roll and two-line fillet. Full gilt spine. Edges of the boards and turn-ins gilt with fillet and roll.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
The gilt gauffering on this little binding resembles the edge decoration on Constantius Felicius, The Conspiracie of Catiline, London, John Waley, [1557], bound ca. 1560-65.
other_details
The gilt gauffering on this little binding resembles the edge decoration on Constantius Felicius, The Conspiracie of Catiline, London, John Waley, [1557], bound ca. 1560-65.
Other Details
false
Literature:
Folger 9:13 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
references
Folger 9:13 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
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
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Raised bands -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Raised bands -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false