COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Spine, STC 11750 c.5.
view_description
Spine, STC 11750 c.5.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Calfskin binding with the armorial crests of the Tollemache family (Tollemche, Lionel, 4th Earl of Dysart).
general_description
Calfskin binding with the armorial crests of the Tollemache family (Tollemche, Lionel, 4th Earl of Dysart).
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
19th century (mid)
style_period
19th century (mid)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 11750 copy 5
classification
STC 11750 copy 5
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Dysart, Lionel Tollemache, Earl of, 1708-1770, bound for.
provenance
Dysart, Lionel Tollemache, Earl of, 1708-1770, bound for.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Gift of Mrs. Mary P. Massey, with her bookplate.
provenance
Gift of Mrs. Mary P. Massey, with her bookplate.
Provenance
false
Author:
Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
author
Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
Author
false
Title:
The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie
title
The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie
Title
false
Created / Published:
Imprinted at London : by [Edm. Bollifant for [Bonham Norton and] Iohn Norton, 1597.
created_published
Imprinted at London : by [Edm. Bollifant for [Bonham Norton and] Iohn Norton, 1597.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=169433
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
350 x 228 x 90 mm
display_dimensions
350 x 228 x 90 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Sprinkled tan calf binding.
materials
Sprinkled tan calf binding.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on five single raised supports.
technique
Sewn on five single raised supports.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Sewn with a green and white linen thread with a front bead over a rolled paper core. The headband was anchored only in three places and has now become loose and the bottom is missing.
headbands
Sewn with a green and white linen thread with a front bead over a rolled paper core. The headband was anchored only in three places and has now become loose and the bottom is missing.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
None.
edge_treatment
None.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Two flyleaves and one pastedown.
end_papers
Two flyleaves and one pastedown.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
Around the border is a narrow gilt double line fillet. In the center of the covers are two versions of the Tollemache armorial crest. On the front cover is a full winged Pegasus head on a crossed shield, on the back is a sparser winged Pegasus head on a shield with monogram and a small crossed shield. The spine is divided into seven panels and there is a gilt double line pallet tooled above and below the bands. In the second and third panels is an orange goatskin label with author, title, publisher and date in gilt on the second panel and the name of the ancestral home Helmingham gilt in the third panel. The board edges are gilt with a cross and S curve decorative roll.
decorative_description
Around the border is a narrow gilt double line fillet. In the center of the covers are two versions of the Tollemache armorial crest. On the front cover is a full winged Pegasus head on a crossed shield, on the back is a sparser winged Pegasus head on a shield with monogram and a small crossed shield. The spine is divided into seven panels and there is a gilt double line pallet tooled above and below the bands. In the second and third panels is an orange goatskin label with author, title, publisher and date in gilt on the second panel and the name of the ancestral home Helmingham gilt in the third panel. The board edges are gilt with a cross and S curve decorative roll.
Decorative Description
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):
Pallet tools -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Pallet tools -- 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