COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Detail of name I WILLFORD upside-down on front cover, STC 11750 c.3.
view_description
Detail of name I WILLFORD upside-down on front cover, STC 11750 c.3.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
English armorial binding.
general_description
English armorial binding.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
17th century (early)
style_period
17th century (early)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 11750 copy 3
classification
STC 11750 copy 3
Call Number
false
Provenance:
bookplate of James Powell; on second front free endpaper (recto) are two signatures, one over the other (one possibly "James Wilford") with a recipe; inscription on second front free endpaper (verso): "Jas. Wilford, 11 May 1747"
provenance
bookplate of James Powell; on second front free endpaper (recto) are two signatures, one over the other (one possibly "James Wilford") with a recipe; inscription on second front free endpaper (verso): "Jas. Wilford, 11 May 1747"
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Leigh, Thomas, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh (1596 - 1672), bound for.
provenance
Leigh, Thomas, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh (1596 - 1672), bound for.
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:
339 x 221 x 95 mm
display_dimensions
339 x 221 x 95 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Brown calfskin.
materials
Brown calfskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on six single raised alum tawed supports laced through the paste-boards.
technique
Sewn on six single raised alum tawed supports laced through the paste-boards.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Missing.
headbands
Missing.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
None.
edge_treatment
None.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
One flyleaf and pastedown (now detached) with a folded paper guard reinforced with a vellum hinge.
end_papers
One flyleaf and pastedown (now detached) with a folded paper guard reinforced with a vellum hinge.
End Papers
false
Closures:
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
closures
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
Closures
false
Decorative Description:
The covers tooled with a border of a blind double line fillet with a single gilt line in the middle. The center of the covers is a large gilt armorial crest with a surrounding wreath, belonging to Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh. At the bottom for the front cover, upside-down, is the name "I Wollford" blind tooled (this name is written opposite the title page and dated 11 May 1747). The spine is divided into seven panels and is tooled with a blind double line pallet and single gilt lines tooled above and below the bands.
decorative_description
The covers tooled with a border of a blind double line fillet with a single gilt line in the middle. The center of the covers is a large gilt armorial crest with a surrounding wreath, belonging to Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh. At the bottom for the front cover, upside-down, is the name "I Wollford" blind tooled (this name is written opposite the title page and dated 11 May 1747). The spine is divided into seven panels and is tooled with a blind double line pallet and single gilt lines tooled above and below the bands.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Armorial bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Ties -- England -- 17th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Ties -- England -- 17th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false