D. Justiniani Institutionum libri quatuor. The four books of Justinian's Institutions, translated into English, with notes, by George Harris, LL.D.
Emperor Justinian I, Emperor of the East (c.482-565)
Category
Books
Date
1756
Materials
Measurements
285 x 239 x 41 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3048642
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: replaced Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, sprinkled with red and brown pigment and polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints and no visible linings End Bands: Worked L-R 2x2 in pink and white silk over cane cores Bookmark: green silk ribbon glued to spine under headband Boards: 5mm rope fibre boards, no back cornering, slips 1,3 and 5 only laced in, angled up in front board, down in backCovering: brown tanned calf, finely sprinkled with dilute black pigment. RebackedTooling Spine: gold-tooled double fillet at head and tail of eahc panel, Legh crest in panel 6, title on olive green tanned goat label in panel 2Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border; gold-tooled roll on board edgesFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
xv,[1],73,[1];121,[1];100;92;11,[5]p., plate ; 4to. Printed shelfmark label on front pastedown with manuscript annotation: Case H Shelf 4. Purchased from Anthony Gibb, 22nd August, 2000. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate: Lyme. Signed J.F. Badeley fecit 1904. [i.e.: Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee 'Badeley' no. 119).. Binding: Calf; double gilt ruled; rebacked, spine entirely replaced; spine label: 'Justiniani Institutionum'; gilt Legh armorial at base of spine; front board detached.
Makers and roles
Emperor Justinian I, Emperor of the East (c.482-565) George Harris