The natural history of Stafford-shire.
Robert Plot (1640-1696)
Category
Books
Date
1686
Materials
Measurements
360 mm x 241 m x 48 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3026508
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper with numerous folded plated tipped to guards Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink. Iron gall ink on flyleaf. Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Adhesive binding, inboardDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Sewn single fold of plain white laid paper within an outside hook of the same. Stub and outermost full leaf as pastedown - straight cut underpastedown profile at front - rough trim at back. Folded paper used at back Structure: EnglishEdges: Plain cut, sprinkled with red pgiment and polished Spine Lining: Moderate round, slight joints, tight back, no evidence of liningsEnd Bands: Worked 1x1 L-R in blue and white thread over a rolled paper core, 3 tie-downs.Bookmark: Two green silk ribbons - later insertionsBoards: 4mm rope fibre board, no back cornering, all slips laced, perp. Covering: Brown tanned calf. Outer frame and centre panel sprinkled with corrosive black pigment, inner frame with sponge decoration in black pigment. Turn-ins and board edges stained black. Tooling Spine: blind-tooled double illet at head and tail of each panel (double at caps?), gold-tooled title label in red tanned goat in panel 2. Tooling Sides: Blind-tooled double fillet border, double panel in dotted and double fillet with externalcorner fleurons; gold-tooled roll on board edges Furniture: NoneEnclosure: BookshoeBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[16],450,[10; 4]p., [1],XXXVII leaves of plates (some folding) . ill.., fold. map. . fol.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: small piece of eighteenth-century newspaper, sheet of pencil notes by Norris, and clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscription on flyleaf: H. [?] Raper. Eighteenth-century ink manuscriptnotes on flyleaves, including a list of place names with page references, a list of agricultural products, and a note that a plate is wanting, crossed through and corrected: "'tis in pa. 221". Nineteenth-century book label of type associated with Papillon family, stamped Di.O.S.1.N, with 2 added in manuscriptBequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Crowhurst Park12/3 '42 Lot 147. Đ3. Colated perfect. With plate of "arms omitted" often lacking. NESN." [Crowhurst Park, Battle, East Sussex, home of Papillon family]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full panelled calf over boards; brown morocco spine label with title "Plot's Hist: of Staffords"; sewn on six raised bands; upper board detached.
Makers and roles
Robert Plot (1640-1696)