Opere del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio (1698-1782)
Category
Books
Date
1784
Materials
Measurements
126 x 69 x 19 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3046310.6
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOKBinding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supportsDate of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: FrenchEnd Leaves: sewn single fold of comb marbled handmade laid paper paper made to a sewn single fold of plain white handmade laid paper, the outer marbled leaf pasted to the board.Structure: GermanEdges: all edges gilt Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no visible lining End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in blue and white silk over rolled paper coresBookmark: narrow blue silk ribbon, glued to spine under headband Boards: 2mm couched-laminate board, back cornered, narrow, all lsips laced, 3-hole, end of slip tucked underCovering: full brown tanned calf, sponge-mottled in orange, red and grey Tooling Spine: 8 gold-tooled horizontal double fillets and one vertical one along each joint , creating 6 large panels and small extra panel at tail, with gold-tooled rostte in panels 1, 4, 5 and 6, pallet in panel 7; red lettering piece in panel 2 and green lettering peice in panel 3.Tooling Sides: gold-tooled trhin/thick/thin fillet borderand hatched roll on board edges and turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: watercolour en grisaille of a river god with ms poem below pasted to the free plain flyleaf recto at the back.
Bibliographic description
v.8. . 12mo.. UNVERIFIED. Shelflist entry - state unknown.
Makers and roles
Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio (1698-1782)