Hogarth illustrated.
John Ireland (d.1808)
Category
Books
Date
1793
Materials
Measurements
247 x 157 x 41 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3042414.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bands Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: a tipped single fold of yellow Cobb paper made to the second leaf of a sewn double fold of plain handmade wove paper, the outer coloured leaf pasted to the boardStructure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, marbled, polished Spine Lining: semi-elliptical, square joints, continuous paper(?) linings, with 5 false bands glued close to the genuine supprts End Bands: worked L-R in varying numbers of turns over double cores with unusual ‘loose twist’ bead Bookmark: narrow black silk ribbon glued to the spine under the headbandBoards: 4mm rope-fibre board, back cornered, all slips laced in Covering: full brown russia calf, polished Tooling Spine: gold-tooled pallet and single fillet at head and tail of each panel, single gold-tooled rosette in centre of panels 1, 3, 4 and 6; direct gold-tooled title in panel 2, vol. number in panel 5Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border; gold-tooled dotted roll on board edges; gold-tooled roll on turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of the Earl of Morley inside front board.
Bibliographic description
v.1., plates . ports.. . 8vo.. Variant: dated February 1793. Shelved with 'A supplement to Hogarth illustrated...' 2nd ed. 1804.. Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley. Binding: Russia, gold tooled spine, marbled edges.
Makers and roles
John Ireland (d.1808)