The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent . Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; ... Illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, &c. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time. By Edward Hasted.
Edward Hasted (1732 - 1812)
Category
Books
Date
1797 - 1801
Materials
Measurements
220 x 141 x 39 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3098397.7
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade wove paperInk/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & false bandsDate of Binding: 19.1 Binder's Name: BritishEnd Leaves: Sewn double fold of white wove paper, with a tipped single-fold of green ‘Cobb’ wove paper inserted between the first and second leaf and made to the latter. The outer green leaf pasted to the board, the outermost white leaf cut to a stub and pasted before covering Structure: BritishEdges: plain cut, spinkled with an orange-brown pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, square joints, no visible lining, but probably a continuous lining of paperEnd Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in red and cream silk over a rolled paper coreBookmark: narrow blue silk ribbon trapped between two central leaves Boards: 3mm rope-fibre couched laminate board. back cornered, all slips lacd, angled down in the left board, up in the righ Covering: full pale brown, tanned and polished calf, Tooling Spine: gold-tooled roll across caps, with blind tooled roll at head and tail of each panel, large gold-tooled centre tool in panels 1, 3, 5 and 6. Titled direct in gold in panels 2 and 4Tooling Sides:Furniture: NoneEnclosure: internal melinex bookshoeBinding Notes: The endleaf stub pasted to the board before covering to stabilise the boards before covering?
Bibliographic description
v.7. 8vo. Front board loose. Provenance: Small armorial bookplate inside front cover: "Calke Abbey Library" [ie Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet 1795-1844]. Binding: Nineteenth century calf binding.
Makers and roles
Edward Hasted (1732 - 1812)