Miscellaneous works, in verse and prose, of the late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; ... . With some account of the life and writings of the author, by Mr. Tickell.
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1726
Materials
Measurements
166 x 104 x 30 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3047369.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink with ms names in different inks and pencil Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: Contemporary 18.2 Binder's Name: British End Leaves: sewn double-fold of plain white handmade laid paper, the outermost leaf removed and the second leaf pasted to the board Structure: British Edges: plain-cut, sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, slight joints, paste, no linings End Bands: worked apparently without a front bead with a helix of plain thread and two tiedowns over a rolled paper core Bookmark: None Boards: 2.5mm rope fibre couched laminate board, no back cornering Covering: full, dark brown tanned calf Tooling Spine: gold-tooled 2-line tool at head and tail of each panel, volume number in gold in panel 2. Tooling Sides: gold-tooled 2-line border frame, blind tooled roll on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: 4-flap folding boxboard with tape ties. Binding Notes: Retail binding with volume number only tooled in gold in panel 2
Bibliographic description
v.1 . ill.. . 12mo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on advertisement leaf: "George Browne 1871" [i.e. George Browne (1834-1914)]. manuscript inscriptions on title page: "John Wilson" and "Wm. Thompson". manuscript inscription [18th century] on rear fly-leaf recto, giving brief details of Rosamond, daughter of Lord Clifford, and her sons the Earl of Salisbury and the Archbishop of York. Binding: calf, with double gilt fillet border; board edges have blind roll decoration; spine has gilt fillet decoration along raised bands.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), author Thomas Tickell (1686-1740)