The life of William Wilberforce.
Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802 - 1857)
Category
Books
Date
1838
Materials
Measurements
195 x 128 x 41 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3075218.3
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: Machine-made wove paperInk/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Tipped single fold of white wove paper, the outer leaf pasted to the board Structure: EnglishEdges: Plain cut, sprinkled with faint brown pigment, polished Spine Lining: near flat, artificial hollow back made with printed waste.End Bands: Stuck-on, green textile folded over core. Bookmark: NoneBoards: 2mm rope fibre, slips 1, 3 and 5 laced in, perpendicularCovering: Half, dark-brown, tanned calf and ‘spanish’ pattern veined marbled paper Tooling Spine: 8 gold-tooled double fillets with black leather lettering piece in panel 2, arabic volume number in panel 6. Tooling Sides: blind-tooled double fillet along edges of leatherFurniture: None Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Charles and Mary Trevelyan
Bibliographic description
v.3. . ill.., facsims.., ports.. . 12mo.. MS. notes. Thumbprints (Macaulay's?). Provenance: Bookplate: Charles & Mary Trevelyan (i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan of Wallington, 3rd Bart. 1870-1958, & Mary Trevelyan, 1881-1966).. Binding: Nineteenth-century half leather; marbled boards; black title label lettered in gilt: `Life of Wilberforce'.
Makers and roles
Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1802 - 1857) Samuel Wilberforce (1805 - 1873), Bishop of Winchester