A biographical, historical and chronological dictionary: . containing accurate accounts of the lives, characters, and actions, of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; including also the revolutions of states, and the succession of sovereign princes. By John Watkins, LL.D.
John Watkins (fl.1792 - 1831)
Category
Books
Date
1807
Materials
Measurements
224 x 149 x 59 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074434
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: white wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type:BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: sewn double-fold of white wove paper, watermarked 1810 Structure: English Edges: plain-cut, undecorated?, polished Spine Lining: Artficial hollow back made from a strip of white card folded along the left joint, with 5 false bands adhered to the outside End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in a dark-natural plain thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: None Boards: 4mm rope-fibre boards, back-cornered, all slips laced in, perpendicularly. Covering: Brown tanned calf, with a run-marble stain decoration, tied up into the back cornering. Tooling Spine: old-tooled 2-fillets at head and tail of each panel with centre tool, red leather lettering piece in panel 2, titled in gold. Bgold- Tooling Sides: tooled 1-line tool along the board edges. Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[968]p. . 8vo.. Binding: Mottled calf binding; board edges have single gilt fillet decoration; spine has gilt fillet and stamp decoration, and title label.
Makers and roles
John Watkins (fl.1792 - 1831)