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Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1729
Materials
Measurements
174 x 117 x 26 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3075055.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink, with ms signature in an iron-gall ink on the title-page Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Left: Single flyleaf of handmade laid paper. Right: sewn single fold of white handmade laid paper within an outside hook (?) of the same paper. The outermost full leaf pasted to the board, no trace of a stub under it) Structure: English Edges: plain-cut, sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in blue and white thread over a cylindrical core Bookmark: None Boards: 3mm couched laminate rope-fibre board, no back cornering, select lacing: slips 1, 3 and 5 only laced in, angled down in the back board Covering: brown tanned calf, finely sprinkled overall Tooling Spine: gold-tooled 2-line tool at head and tail of each panel, red goat leather title label titled in gold. Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border, blind-tooled roll on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 12mo.. Provenance: Variously signed in ms.: "No. 30", and "B: Browne" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1692-1748];..Binding: Contemporary sprinkled calf binding, with double gilt fillet borders; board edges have blind roll decoration; autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather of upper board; wanting upper board.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)