The lives of the Chief Justices of England.
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1779 - 1861)
Category
Books
Date
1849 - 1857
Materials
Measurements
224 x 152 x 37 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3022610.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: machine made white wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: single fold of combed marbled paper made to a leaf of white wove paper follwed by a free flyleaf of white wove paper Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, marbled with same pattern as endleaves, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, paper artificial hollow , 5 false bandsEnd Bands: worked L-R 2x1 in green and white silk over a flat core Bookmark: None Boards: 3mm rope fibre boardCovering: tan-coloured tanned calf, varnishedTooling Spine: panels 1,4,5 and 6 gold-tooled with central fleuron and corners, red leather label with title in panel 2, author and vol. no. on a green leather label in panel 3Tooling Sides: narrow gold-tooled roll border, gold-tooled hatched roll on board edges and blind-tooled hatched roll on turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of William Gibbs
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 8vo. Left board is detached.. Provenance: Crest bookplate: "William Gibbs.", with motto "En Dios Mi Amparo y Esperanza." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century brown leather; gold-tooled spine, borders and board edges; blind-tooled board inners; marbled endpapers and edges; green binders ticket on pastedown: "Upham and Beet 46 New Bond Street".
Makers and roles
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1779 - 1861)