Old England: . a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities. Edited by Charles Knight. In two volumes.
Charles Knight (1791-1873)
Category
Books
Date
1857
Materials
Paper, Cloth
Measurements
361 x 272 x 41 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3076082.2
Summary
Printed book with maroon cloth case-binding over bevelled boards with gold/blind blocked decoration. Cloth on right/back board separate to the rest. Textblock sewn on three (waste) vellum ‘tapes’. Yellow coated/bible paper endpapers. Spine lined with mull & paper, mull extended over joints & onto boards. Cloth stuck on endbands. Gilded edges to textblock. Housed in four-flap folder.
Bibliographic description
v.2. . ill.. (inc. col. plates), plans, ports.. . fol.. Binding: Publisher's gilt decorated red cloth binding; all edges gilt. The boards and some of the plates are becoming detached, and the bindings have suffered from damp.
Makers and roles
Charles Knight (1791-1873)