Detail View: LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection: Front cover, STC 21877.2 c.1.
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Image Caption:
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Front cover, STC 21877.2 c.1.
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General Description:
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Cornerpiece and centerpiece stamp binding.
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Country / Style:
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England
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Period:
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16th century (late)
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Call Number:
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STC 21877.2 copy 1
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Provenance:
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ink-stamp on t.p. of G. [George] Steevens, 1736-1800; Britwell Court copy (Folger files), sold 1927, Britwell Court sale, no. 1108; collated at Quaritch by "FW," 11 April 1927; Harmsworth copy
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Author:
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Scotland.
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Title:
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The lavves and actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First, and his successours kinges of Scotland: visied, collected and extracted furth of the register. The contentes of this buik, are expremed in the leafe following.
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Created / Published:
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At Edinburgh : imprented be Robert VValde-graue prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii. anno Dom. 1597.
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Hamnet URL:
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http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=166716
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Dimensions:
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308 x 208 x 53 mm
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Covering Material:
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Light brown calfskin.
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Sewing:
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Sewn on six single raised alum tawed supports.
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Headbands:
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Missing.
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Edge Treatment:
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Gilt on all three edges.
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End Papers:
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Single flyleaf with vellum reinforcing guard.
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Closures:
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Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
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Decorative Description:
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Tooled to a two panel design with the frames built with a blind tooled double line fillet with a single gilt line in-between. At angles in the outer panel is a large gilt tulip on a broad leaf stamp. The center panel has large gilt blocked corner ornaments and a large arabesque and strap work centerpiece with a hatched ground. The spine is divided into nine panels with gilt cone and crowning florets. Above and below the bands and between the panels is a gilt broad leaf scroll roll. The board edge is gilt with a hollow diamond decorative roll.
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Other Details:
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Same corner blocked stamps as on STC 24755.8 copy 2.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Blind tooled bindings -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Calf bindings -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Fillet tools -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Gold blocked bindings -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Interlace bindings -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Leather bindings -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Raised bands -- England -- 16th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Ties -- England -- 16th century.
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