An introduction to entomology: . or elements of the natural history of insects: with plates.
William Kirby FRS (1759-1850)
Category
Books
Date
1822 - 1826
Materials
Measurements
221 x 142 x 32 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3112223.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: machine-made white wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: tipped single fold of marbled (Spanish-style) paper, made to the second leaf of a sewn double fold of white machine-made wove paper, the outermost white leaf(?) and the outer marbled leaf paste to the board Structure: British Edges: plain-cut, marbled, polished Spine Lining: near flat, square joints, artificial hollow back with 4 broad false bands End Bands: worked in varied blocks of blue and cream thread over a flat parchment core with a bead core. Bookmark: nk Boards: 3 mm paper couched laminate rope fibre millboard, back-cornered, all slips laced Covering: Full purple tanned calf Tooling Spine: gold-tool roll across the false bands, titled in gold on mising leather labels in panels 2 and 4, large blind-tooled ornament filling panels 1, 3 and 5. Tooling Sides: gold tooled thin/thick tool border frame, around blind-tooled concentric frames with a basket-weave panel in centre Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v. 1., frontis. port., plates . ill.., port.. . 8vo.. Former shelfmark: Rr.8.1. 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]. - Inscribed in ink on front pastedown: 'Lord Hardwicke', and on front free-endpaper: 'C.Yorke'. Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-decorated calf, gold-framed. Spine damaged.
Makers and roles
William Kirby FRS (1759-1850) William Spence (1783-1860)