Moral tales
Edgeworth, Maria
Category
Books
Date
1826
Materials
Measurements
171 x 106 x 25 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3035072.2
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: White wove paper with an impressed fine ribbed grain - from a danyroll or a mould?Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: English End Leaves: Single fold of orange stone marbled paper made to a sewn single fold of white wove paper followed by a single leaf of white wove paper. The outer marbled leaf is pasted to the board. Structure: EnglishEdges: Plain cut with plough marks, sprinkled with a red pigment and polished Spine Lining: flat spine, angled joints, paper hollow End Bands: Stuck-on piece of red and white striped textile folded over a core (cord?)Bookmark: NoneBoards: 2mm rope fibre boards, all slips laced inCovering: Half brown tanned calf with ‘spanish’ marbled paper on the sidesTooling Spine: divided into 6 panels by 7 gold-tooled double fillets, with black tanned lettering pieces in panels 2 and 4, blind-tooled arabesuqe tools in the restTooling Sides: blind-tooled roll along edge of leather on board surfaceonlyFurniture: None Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Inscription on verso of made flyleaf: John Harpur Crewe / Dec.er 1831 - / A Christmas box from / his affectionate mother.
Bibliographic description
v.2. . 8vo.. Some pencil scribblings on front free endpaper. Provenance: Inscription on front free endpaper: "John Harpur Crewe Dec. 1831. a Christmas box from his affectionate mother" [i.e. to Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886) from Jane Whitaker (1799-1881) m. 1819 Sir George Crewe 8th Bt]. Binding: Nineteenth century half calf binding with marbled paper boards.
Makers and roles
Edgeworth, Maria