History of Rome.
Thomas Arnold (1795-1842)
Category
Books
Date
1848
Materials
Measurements
223 x 149 x 39 mm
Place of origin
Tyntesfield
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3039628
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: Machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: ContemporaryBinder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Unsewn single-fold of marbled paper made a single sheet of plain wove paper followed by a sheet of plain wove paper Structure: 4 recessed cords with recesses from an earlier sewing on 3 recessed cords (from a case binding?)Edges: Plain-cut, marbled and polished Spine Lining: paper hollow with five false bands made from thin board. End Bands: Stuck-on wovenBookmark: none Boards: rope fibre, all slips laced Covering: half russia calf and marbled papeTooling Spine: gilt panelled spine, titled direct, with blind double fillet along the edges of the half bindingTooling Sides: Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: pencil binder’s instruction on the top right corner of the titlepage recto: 1/2 Russia x Regents [?]
Bibliographic description
xx,578,[2]p . 8vo.. Imperfect, lacks vols 2-3. Set made up with vols. of different editions (NT 030346 and 7). Half-Russia with marbled paper-covered boards, marbled edges. Instruction to binder in pencil on t-p. Erased price on flyleaf.. Provenance: Bookplate - Earl of Morley. In ink on flyleaf (partly erased) "E. Smith. August 1851". In ink on flyleaf "Morley".
Makers and roles
Thomas Arnold (1795-1842)