A history of lace.
Fanny Marryat, Mrs Richard Bury Palliser (1805-1878)
Category
Books
Date
1865
Materials
Measurements
217 x 164 x 47 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3058160
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink and inserted plates printed in different, single, colours Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Case binding, bds & cover Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Tipped single fold cream, coated paper Structure: EnglishEdges: all edges gilt Spine Lining: Moderate round, right-angle joints, glued, lined with mull and paperEnd Bands: NoneBookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm rope fibre boards, full bevels on exterior of all four edges. Covering: Deep pink pebble grain bookcloth Tooling Spine: gold-blocked, from head: border, title, ivy and spider’s web decoration, place and bookseller and border. Tooling Sides: thin/thick/thin border blocked in gold on front board and in blind on the back, standing figure of a woman working lace dated Anno 1676 in gold in centre of front boardFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: binder’s ticket: ‘Bound by W. Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, London’ inside back board. Bookplate of William Gibbs
Bibliographic description
iv,460p., plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Crest bookplate: "William Gibbs.", with motto "En Dios Mi Amparo y Esperanza." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's purple cloth; gold-tooled spine and left board; gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Fanny Marryat, Mrs Richard Bury Palliser (1805-1878)