Aristotelis Opera . ex recensione Immanuel Bekkeri. Accedunt indices sylburgiani.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1837
Materials
Measurements
225 x 146 x 32 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3088523.5
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: machine-made(?) wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Tipped single fold of antique spot marbled paper made to a fold of white wove paper, the outer marbled leaf pasted to the board.Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, marbled (same as endleaves), polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, artificial paper hollow with 5 false bands End Bands: worked L-R 1x1x1 in green, yellow and red silk over a flat parchment core with a bead core. Bookmark: broad (9mm) black and yellow silk ribbon, laced under headband in centre of spine.Boards: 3mm rope fibre board Covering: brown tanned calf, sponge decorated with black stain, polishedTooling Spine: gold tooled drawer-handle pallet repeated across and filling panels 1, 4, 5 and 6; gold-tooled title a volume labels in panels 2 and 3.Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border with hatched roundel at corners; gold-tooled roll on board edges; blind-tooled roll on turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of William Gibbs
Bibliographic description
v.5. . 8vo.. No sign of series statement.. Provenance: Crest bookplate: "William Gibbs." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century marbled leather; two brown gold-lettered labels outlayed on spine; gold-tooled spine, borders and board edges; blind-tooled board inner; marbled endpapers and edges; binders stamp on flyleaf: "Bound by J. Mackenzie".
Makers and roles
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Immanuel Bekker (1785-1871)