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 51 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3042765.3
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 and folded round the back edge of 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.
Bibliographic description
v.3., 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)