The ancient cathedral of Cornwall historically surveyed. By John Whitaker, ... In two volumes. ...
John Whitaker (1735 - 1808)
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Measurements
274 x 221 x 33 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3078081.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade white laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supportsDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: BritishEnd Leaves: Sewn outside hook around a single fold of white, handmade, wove paper (Watermark: H S 1807), the stub and outer full leaf pasted tothe board, the two flyleaves madeStructure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, coloured yellow and sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: half elliptical, square joints, continuous lining of paper End Bands: stuck-on fold of textile with a zig-zag blue stripe, folded over a coreBookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm rope fibre board, back-cornered, all slips laced, angled down in the front board, up in the back Covering: half red-brown russia leather, apparently, despite rotten state, genuine dicing.Tooling Spine: divided into 6 panels by gold-tooled 2-fillets, small gold-tooled roundel in panels 1, 3, 4 and 6, titled direct in panels 2 and 5Tooling Sides: Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: On verso of title page: “half bound / Russia”. Armorial bookplate of Radford, pasted over the scars left by the removal of an earlier bookplate
Bibliographic description
v.1., 4to.. Imperfect: wanting frontis. manuscript bookseller's inscriptions on front flyleaves. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Radford.. Binding: Nineteenth-century half diced calf; marbled paper over boards; recessed cord; spine direct lettered in gilt: Cathedral of Cornwall.
Makers and roles
John Whitaker (1735 - 1808)