The poetical works of William Cowper ...
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Category
Books
Date
1853
Materials
Measurements
224 x 154 x 39 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3069314.2
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: Machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: Red and black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English (by Knibb of Leamington) End Leaves: Tipped single fold of combed marbled paper, the flyleaf made to a leaf of white wove paper followed by a lfyleaf of white wove paper.Structure: EnglishEdges: Plain cut, comb-marbled and polished Spine Lining: maderate round, square joints, heavily lined ewith paper hollow (5 on 2 off)End Bands: Worked L-R 1x3 white and green thread over flsat parchment coresBookmark: NoneBoards: 4mm rope fibre with rolled edges, back cornered, all slips laced in Covering: tan-coloured tanned calf, polished, over 5 false raised bands on the spineTooling Spine: gold-tooled double fillet frmaae to each panel, with double concentric circle tool in each corner and fleuron in centre. Red tanned title label in panel 2 and green tanned volume label in panel 3Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border and hatched roll n board edges, blind-tooled milled roll on turn-ins. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v.2. . 22 cm.. Provenance: Inscribed "Mary Elizabeth Lucy from her most loving and Affectionate Son Berkeley Lucy on the 25th Novber. 1859". Binding: Nineteenth-century calf; stamp of Knibb, Leamington.
Makers and roles
William Cowper (1731-1800) William Pickering (1796-1854)