The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, translated into English verse.
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal) (c.55-c.140)
Category
Books
Date
1806
Materials
Measurements
218 x 142 x 40 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3079232
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: hand-made wove paperInk/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bands Date of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: BritishEnd Leaves: a tipped single fold of stone marbled paper made to a sewn single fold of white wove paper followed by a single leaf of the same paper; the outer marbled leaf folded over onto the outside of the board before being pasted to the inside.Structure: Edges: plain cut, marbled (same pattern as the flyleaves), polishedSpine Lining: flattened half-ellipse, square joints, continuous paper liningEnd Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in red and cream silk over flat parchment cores (two thicknesses)Bookmark: pink silk ribbon, glued to spine under headbandBoards: 2.5mm rope fibe, narrow back-cornering, slips 1 and 3 of 3 only laced in, angled up in front board, down in back Covering: full red-brown russia calf with traces of original dicing.Tooling Spine: titled direct in gold in panel 2; other panels filled with gold-tooled small tools, remains of place and date at tailTooling Sides: gold-tooled thin/thick fillet border with gold-tooled roll inside; gold-tooled single fillet on board edges and narrow roll on turn-ins.Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[8],lxxviii,473,[7]p., plate . port.. . 8vo.. Binding: Red morocco; gilt rolled and ruled; soine gilt; recessed cords; spine lettered in gilt directly onto leather: 'Gifford's Juvenal'.
Makers and roles
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal) (c.55-c.140) William Gifford (1756-1826)