The natural history of Oxford-shire, being an essay towards the natural history of England. By Robert Plot, [...].
Robert Plot (1640-1696)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Measurements
325 x 213 x 38 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126357
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Sewn single fold of plain white laid paper within an outside hook of the same. Stub and outermost full leaf as pastedown - straight torn underpastedown profile at front - back not visible Structure: English Edges: Plain cut, sprinkled with red and tan pigment and polished Spine Lining: Moderate round, tight back, no evidence of linings End Bands: Missing. Worked in blue and white silk with 4 tiedowns Bookmark: None Boards: 3mm rope fibre boards, no back cornering, select lacing (1,3,4,6 of 6), somewhat random angles. Covering: Thin brown tanned calf, with very sparse sprinkling with black pigment in the outermost frame and dense sprinkling with same in centre panel. Turn-ins and board edges stained black. Tooling Spine: gold-tooleddouble fillet at head and tail and flower tool in centre of each panel; title pabel in panel 2 Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border; blind tooled double panel with two rolles round centre panel, fleurons on corners of outer panel; gilt roll on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: Bookshoe Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[12],366,[10]p.,[17] plates (1 folding) . map . fol... Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance, and Norris's pencil catalogue entry. Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf: E: libris R. [illegible] 1732. Name and date crossed through and replaced with "A. Apsley 1808". Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered George Henry Cherry. Denford. (Not in Franks) [i.e. George Henry Cherry (1793-1848) of Denford, Berkshire]. Leaf of nineteenth-century manuscript ink notes affixed to pastedown. Marginal pencil annotations. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991).Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Lamer Park H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 13/2 48. Lot 566 Đ3-5. Binding: Eighteenth-century full panelled calf over boards; sewn on six raised bands; boards loose.
Makers and roles
Robert Plot (1640-1696) John Burman (b.ca.1681)