The rural economy of the Midland counties; . including the management of livestock, in Leicestershire and its environs: together with minutes on agriculture and planting in the district of the Midland station.
William Marshall (1745-1818)
Category
Books
Date
1790
Materials
Measurements
216 x 140 x 43 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3112786.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: white handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment:black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports Date of Binding: 19.1 Binder's Name: British End Leaves: sewn single fold within an outside hook of plain, white handmade wove paper Structure: British [Cambridge IW binder] Edges: plain-cut, sprinkled with a dilute brown pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints; no visible linings End Bands: worked L-r 2x2 in orange-brown silk thread over a rolled paper core, the slips cut at the joint Bookmark: none Boards: 2.5 mm paper couched laminate rope fibre millboard, back-cornered, slips 1, 3 and 5 only laced in angled up on the left board,, down in the right Covering: Full brown tanned calf, finely sprinkled with a dilute black stain Tooling Spine: divided into 6 panels by gold-tooled 3-line (centre line dotted) tool, titlesd in gold on a red leather label in panel 2 Tooling Sides: gold-tooled perpendicular hatched roll on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v. 1., . ill.., map (fold.) . 8vo.. Former shelfmark: Rr.7.14. 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 sprinkled calf, gold-ruled spine, red spine-label, gold-lettered. Upper board damaged.
Makers and roles
William Marshall (1745-1818)