The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter, . in four volumes. With a preface; giving some account of the author, and of this edition ... Together with alphabetical tables to each volume.
Richard Baxter (1615-1691).
Category
Books
Date
1707
Materials
Measurements
388 x 256 x 77 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3101900.4
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: white handmade laid paperInk/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: Inserted single fold of white wove paper, the outer leaf pasted to the boardStructure: English Edges: plain cut, coloured pink , polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, no visible liningsEnd Bands: worked L-R 2x2 in plain, natural-coloured(?) thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: 4mm couched laminate board, back-cornered, all slips laced inCovering: full brown tanned calf, the outer frame sparsely sprinkled with black pigment, the central panel densely sprinkled with black pigment Tooling Spine: panels 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 gold-tooled in the early 19th-century with fan-shaped corners and large made-up central ornament within 3-fillet frame; brown tanned goat labels in panels 2 (tirle) and 4 (vol. no.)Tooling Sides: early 18th-century blind-tooled 2-fillet border (tooled over with gold tooled roll in early 19th) and double frame with external corner fleurons, internal diagonal links, all tooled with rolls. Furniture: None Enclosure: none. tied up with tapeBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v.4., Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Edward Goulburn Esqr.. Binding: Eighteenth-century full panelled calf; single gilt roll to form a border; sewn onto six raised supports; spine gilt; red spine label: Baxter's works.
Makers and roles
Richard Baxter (1615-1691).