The works of Sir William Jones. . In six volumes. ...
Sir William Jones (1746-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1799
Materials
Measurements
305 x 249 x 56 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3025910.6
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: hand-made wove paper (Watermark: 17 LEPARD 95) Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bands Date of Binding: 19.1 contemporary Binder's Name: BritishEnd Leaves: tipped singled fold of blue and white stone marbled paper made to a sewn fold of white handmade wove paper, the second flyleaf being itself made to another sheet of white wove? The outer marbled leaf pasted to the board Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, stone marbled (same as endleaves), polished Spine Lining: near flat, square joints, continuous paper linings? End Bands: worked L-R in varied pattern in red, cream and pale blue silk, over a main core and crowning core of rolled paper Bookmark: bright yellow silk ribbon glue to spine under headband Boards: 5mm rope fibre board, back-cornered, all slips laced in Covering: full red-brown russia calf, original dicing obscured by secondary dicing made regular to board shapeTooling Spine: title in gold direct in panels 2 and 5; panels 1, 3,4 and 6 with large gold-tooled central ornament made up from small tools, with gold-tooled pallet or roll at head and tail of spineTooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border around gold-tooled roll; diced in blind; gold-tooled single fillet on board edges; gold-tooled roll on turn-ins. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Small armorial bookplate of ‘Charles Winn / Nostell Library‘ inside front board.
Bibliographic description
v.6.,4to. Probably the large paper issue (235mmx290mm). Shelved and uniform with the 1801 supplemental volumes.. Provenance: Round armorial bookplate; untrimmed, gothic lettering: Charles Winn Nostell Priory. Franks 32246. [i.e.: Charles Winn (1795-1874)].. Binding: Diced calf; gilt rolled and ruled to form border; edges marbled; spine gilt; spine label: 'Sir Wm. Jones's Works'.
Makers and roles
Sir William Jones (1746-1794) Anna Maria Shipley Jones (fl.1799) John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751-1834)..