History of the house of Austria, . from the foundation of the monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the death of Leopold the Second: 1218 .... to .... 1792. By William Coxe, ...
William Coxe (1747-1828)
Category
Books
Date
1807
Materials
Measurements
280 x 226 x 49 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3042765.2
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: 19.1 contemporary Binder's Name: BritishEnd Leaves: sewn (green silk thread) single fold of blue, grey, white stone marbled paper made to (within a fold of?) white wove paper and followed by a sewn fold of white wove paper; the outer marbled leaf pasted to the board Structure: German Edges: plain cut, all edges gilt, polished Spine Lining: depressed half ellipse, square joints, no visible lining End Bands: worked L-R in varied turns of cream, dark green and grey silk over a main core and a crowning core of rolled paper. Bookmark: broad pale blue silk ribbon, glued to spine under the headband Boards: 4mm rope fibre board, back-cornered, slip lacing not visible Covering: Full red-brown russia calf with original dicing obscured by secondary dicing fitted to the boards.Tooling Spine: titled direct in gold in panel 2 and 5; gold-tooled roll at head and tail of all panels, with large gold-tooled ornament in centre of panels 1, 3, 4 and 6Tooling Sides: gold-tooled triple fillet border, gold-tooled roll on board edges and different roll on turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Small armorial bookplate of ‘Charles Winn / Nostell Library‘ inside front board. There is gold leaf on the left end of the tailband, showing that the edges of this volume (but not the others) were gilded after endbanding.
Bibliographic description
v.2., Provenance: Round armorial bookplate; trimmed, gothic lettering: Charles Winn Nostell Library. Franks 32246. [i.e.: Charles Winn (1795-1874)].. Binding: Calf; triple gilt ruled; spine gilt tooled and rolled; lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Coxe's Austria'.
Makers and roles
William Coxe (1747-1828)