Anecdotes of distinguished persons, . chiefly of the last and two preceding centuries. Illustrated with engravings. ...
William Seward (1747-1799)
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Measurements
218 x 146 x 49 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3079863.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: hand-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: 19.2 Binder's Name: British End Leaves: sewn (bypass with red silk thread) single fold of green coated paper, made to a sewn bifolium of white wove paper (also sewn bypass, but with plain thread), the outer coated leaf pasted to the boardStructure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, all edges gilt, polished Spine Lining: slight round, square joints, paper hollow back wioth 4 broad false bands over a continuous blue paper lining. End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in yellow and green thread over flat parchment cores Bookmark: broad brown silk ribbon, glued to the spine under the headbandBoards: 3mm rope fibre boards, narrow back-cornering, all slips laced in Covering: full grey-brown tanned calfTooling Spine: titled direct in panels 2 and 4; panels 1, 3 and 5 with gold-tooled corners and blind-tooled centres; the bands framed with a gold-tooled 1-filletTooling Sides: broad border of alternate gold-tooled 1-fillets (with gold-tooled concentric circle tools over corners) and blind-tooled rolls and fillets, with small blind-tooled internal corner fleurons; gold-tooled 1-fillet on board edges, 3-fillet on turn-ins with rosette in outer corners.Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Grangerised
Bibliographic description
v.1., plates.. 8vo.. Grangerised copy: 82 additional plates (2 folding). The mounting paper for many of the extra plates is watermarked 1818. The latest dated plate is 1818.. Binding: Tan calf; blind rolled; gilt ruled; recessed cord; spine gilt; spine label missing: 'Anecdotes of distinguished persons'; 'illustrated'; edges gilt.
Makers and roles
William Seward (1747-1799)