Barr's Buffon. . Buffon's natural history. Containing a theory of the earth, a general history of man, of the brute creation, and of vegetables, minerals &c. &c. &c. From the French. With notes by the translator. In ten volumes. ...
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788)
Category
Books
Date
1797
Materials
Measurements
182 x 119 x 30 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3042640.7
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports Date of Binding: ContemporaryBinder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Sewn double fold of plain white wove paper with pronounced mesh pattern, 2 outer leaves pasted to the boardStructure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, sprinkled with a blue pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in blue thread over rolled paper coresBookmark: noneBoards: 3mm rope fibre boards, no back cornering, slips 1 and 4 of 4 only laced in, angled up in the front board, down in the back Covering: full brown tanned calf, run marbled pattern with reserves Tooling Spine: 7 horizontal bands of gold-tooled decoration, with a bird tool in the centre of panels 1, 3, 4 5 and 6; gold-tooled lettering piece in panel 2Tooling Sides: gold-tooled hatched roll on board edges. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of the Earl of Morley inside the front board
Bibliographic description
v.7., plates . 12mo.. Shelved with Natural history of birds, ... 1798, 5 vols. Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley.. Binding: Tree calf, gold tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788) James Smith Barr