A collection of hymns . for the use of the Protestant church of the United Brethren. Revised and enlarged...
Moravian Church
Category
Books
Date
1801
Materials
Measurements
209 x 136 x 33 mm
Place of origin
Bath
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3098014
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Single fold of shell marbled paper made to a sewn single fold of white wove paper followed by a single leaf of white wove paper. Outer marbled leaf pasted to boardStructure: EnglishEdges: Plain cut, marble to match the endleaves and polishedSpine Lining: Slight round, steeply angled joints and paper hollow lining. End Bands: Worked in 12-thread bands of green and cream silk over flat parchment cores with a thin cord core where the bead would normally be. Bookmark: Blue silk ribbon glue to spine under centre of headband, with loose brown silk cordBoards: 3mm rope fibre boards, back cornered. Covering: Russia calf Tooling Spine: 6 gold-tooled paired single fillets across spine, blind dicing within each panel thus formed and direct goold-tooled title in panel 2Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border over slightly irregular dicing done on the book; gold-tooled single fillet along board edges and gold-tooled roll on turn-ins Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: 19th century bookplate: Calke Abbey Library. Ms inscription on front flyleaf: ‘Frances Harpur. 1809 -’ and ‘George Crewe. / April 6th: = 1825.’
Bibliographic description
xxxii, 312, [2]p. . 8vo. Both boards off. Provenance: Small armorial bookplate inside front cover: "Calke Abbey Library" [ie Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet 1795-1844]. Inscription on flyleaf: "Frances Harpur. 1809" [ie Frances Greville 1744-1825] and "George Crewe. April 6th 1825" [ie Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet 1795-1844]. Binding: Nineteenth century diced calf binding with gilt double rules around edges of boards.
Makers and roles
Moravian Church , engraver and publisher