Portraits of men of eminence . in literature, science and art, with biographical memoirs. The photographs from life, by Ernest Edwards... edited by Lovell Reeve...
Ernest Edwards (1837 - 1903)
Category
Books
Date
1863
Materials
Measurements
235 x 183 x 25 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3034909
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: machine made calendered wove paper with real photographs pasted onto thick white paper leaves, with tissue guards. Ink/Pigment: black printing ink and photographsType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Adhesive binding, cased Date of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: English ‘Bound by Westleys & Co. London’ End Leaves: Tipped single fold of green coated paper Structure: English Edges: Plain cut, top edge gilt Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, textile lining with joints. End Bands:None Bookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm paper boards, all external edges bevelled.Covering: Pebble grain orange-brown bookclothTooling Spine: band of decoration (cross in mandorla) at head and tail in blind, title at ehad and publisher at tail in gold.Tooling Sides: Panel design in blind with gold-blocked central quadrilobe ornament with the initials L and R. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Calke Abbey library. Contains a photograph of Gardner Wilkinson
Bibliographic description
6v. plates . ill.. . 24cm.. Imperfect: wants vols. 4-6 and has some loose pages. Provenance: Large armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey Library. Binding: Brown publisher's cloth.
Makers and roles
Ernest Edwards (1837 - 1903) Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865) Edward Walford (1823 - 1897)