Dictionnaire général français-anglais nouvellement rédigé d'après les dictionnaires français de l'Académie, de Laveaux, de Boiste, de Bescherelle, etc. ... par A. Spiers ...
Alexander Spiers (1807-1869)
Category
Books
Date
1861
Materials
Measurements
243 x 166 x 35 mm
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3065355
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: English (possibly French?) End Leaves: Tipped single fold of drab brown paper made to a leaf of white wove paper and tipped to another leaf of white wove paperStructure: Edges: plain cut, sprinkled with a red-brown pigment and polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, glue and a paper hollow tube with 5 false bands End Bands: Stuck-on folded piece of green and yellow striped textile, the fold sewn in imitation of a front bead. Bookmark: NoneBoards: rope fibre boardsCovering: Half black tanned calf with a combed marbled paper on the sidesTooling Spine: gold-tooled fillets at head and tail of each panel, roll across false bands, title on a red tanned goat label in panel 2. Tooling Sides: blind-tooled double fillet along edges of leatherFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Charles and Mary Trevelyan
Bibliographic description
[6],624p. . 8vo.. Provenance: MS. 'G.O. Trevelyan' on flyleaf; Bookplate: Charles & Mary Trevelyan (i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan of Wallington, 3rd Bart. 1870-1958, & Mary Trevelyan, 1881-1966).. Binding: Half leather; marbled boards; sewn onto five raised bands; red spine label, gilt lettered.
Makers and roles
Alexander Spiers (1807-1869)