A father's legacy to his daughters.
John Gregory (1724-1773)
Category
Books
Date
1803
Materials
Measurements
132 x 73 x 10 mm
Place of origin
Dunbar
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3043003
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink with an ink inscription on the first flyleaf and a black inked stamp on the second Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bandsDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: tipped single-fold of shell marbled paper, the inner leaf made to the outer leaf of a fold of white wove paper, followed by another leaf of the same. No sewing visible. Outer marbled leaf pasted to the open board Structure: BritishEdges: plain cut, sprinkled with brown pigment (over yellow?), polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, continuous blue paper lining with an oversize central false band and single false band towards head and tail End Bands: stuck-on folded green textile Bookmark: blue silk ribbon glued to spine under headbandBoards: 2mm rope fibre board, back-cornered, all slips laced in, convergent lacingCovering: full brown tanned calf, streaked across the boards with a darker, slightly corrosive, stain Tooling Spine: gold tooled 1-fillet and hatched fillets at head and tail of each panel, panels 1 and 4 with horizontal ornament, panels 2 and 3 with star-shaped ornament; titled direct on central false bandTooling Sides: greek-key roll border, gold-tooled dotted hatched roll at corners; gold-tooled zig-zag roll on turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: BookshoeBinding Notes: Stamped signature of E. Grelet on second fly, presentation to Elizabeth Grelet on first flyleaf, dated 1 August 1820
Bibliographic description
71,[1]p . 12mo.. Bookseller's notes and codes on flyleaves.. Provenance: In ink on flyleaf: 'Miss Elisabeth Grelet presented by her uncle of Gilsad[?] Inn on 1st Jany 1820'. Stamp on flyleaf 'E. Grelet'.. Binding: Gold tooled polished calf. Front board detached. Bookshoe.
Makers and roles
John Gregory (1724-1773)