Histoire generale de France avec l'estat de l'eglise et de l'empire.
Scipion Dupleix (1569-1661)
Category
Books
Date
1634 - 1639
Materials
Measurements
359 x 242 x 54 mm
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3108684.3
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade laid paperInk/Pigment: red and black printing ink.Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Laced case, with boards Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: Low CountriesEnd Leaves: sewn double fold of white handmade laid paper, the three outer leaves pasted to the board. Back: sewn single fold within outside hook of white, handmade, laid paper, the stub and two outer leaves pasted to the board Structure: British Edges: plain cut to show proof, finely sprinkled in blue pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, slight joints, transverse linings of plain parchment, glued, End Bands: worked L-R 2x2 in blue thread over rolled parchment coresm, the slips laced through the joints of the cover at 45° Bookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm(?) cream coloured paper boards, no back-cornering.Covering: full cream calf parchment lined with white handmade laid paper with reverse caps and foredge yapps Tooling Spine: no tooling; ms title on paper label at head of spine, overlapping the back edges of the boards.Tooling Sides: NoneFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Philip, Earl of Hardwick
Bibliographic description
v3...fol.. Former shelfmark: Gg.9.11. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: Eighteenth-century vellum, ink-lettered spine-label, library shelfmark: '058'. Spine damaged.
Makers and roles
Scipion Dupleix (1569-1661)