The book of the horse: (thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred), saddle and harness, British and foreign.
Samuel Sidney
Category
Books
Date
1873 - 1875
Materials
Measurements
280 x 234 x 57 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3069126
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: machine-made wove paperInk/Pigment: black printing ink and coloured lithographic inks Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Tipped single-fold of comb-marbled paper, the outer leaf pasted to the board and the flyleaf made to a single leaf of white machine-made wove paper and followed by another sheet of the same. Structure: EnglishEdges: Plain cut, comb marbled edges and polished Spine Lining: Moderate round, square joints with paper hollow backEnd Bands: Worked stuck on folded textile endbands Bookmark: NoneBoards: 4mm rope fibre boards, back cornered, all slips laced in Covering: Half brown tanned calf with purple leather-grained bookcloth on the sidesTooling Spine: gold-tooled single fillet frame filled with arabesque tools in each panel; bl;ack tanned title label in panel 2Tooling Sides: blind-tooled double fillet border to spne and corner leatherFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
604 p., 25 coloured plates ;. 27 cm. Provenance: Inscribed "H.H. Fairfax Lucy" with love - C.L. Sept. 1892".
Makers and roles
Samuel Sidney