P. Papinii Statii opera . ad optimas editiones collata præmittitur notitia literaria Studiis Societatis Bipontinæ.
Publius Papinius Statius (c.45 – c.96 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1885
Materials
Measurements
219 x 136 x 37 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3143995
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: hand-made laid paperInk/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOKBinding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: 19.1 [back flyleaf watermarked 1805)Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: sewn single fold of blue stone marbled paper, made to a leaf of white wove paper and followed by a second leaf of white wove paper (missing at front?)Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, finely sprinkled with blue pigment, polishedSpine Lining: slight round, quadrant joints, artificial hollow back (rope fibre card), with 5 false bands (double cords) End Bands: worked over flat coresBookmark: None Boards: 3.5mm rope fibre boards, back cornered, slips 1, 2, 3 only laced inCovering: brown tanned calf, sprinkled with black pigmentTooling Spine: gold-tooled single and dotted fillet at head and tail of each panel, with crossed arrows in centre; title label (lost) in panel 2. Tooling Sides: gold-tooled greek-key roll border; single gold-tooled fillet on board edges; gold-tooled roll on turn-insFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Printed card on f flyleaf verso of J. H. Merivale, the J. H. altered in manuscript to Reginald, with an inscription above ‘Reginald Merivale / March 1866’.
Bibliographic description
[2], xxiv, 527p. . ill. . 8vo.. Detached spine and boards.. Provenance: Ms on flyleaf: "Reginald Merivale March 1866". - Engraved white paper label outlayed on flyleaf: "J. H. Merivale, Esqr." with J. H. crossed through and replaced with "Reginald".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gold-tooled spine, Greek key design borders and board inners; marbled endpapers; blue sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Publius Papinius Statius (c.45 – c.96 AD) Societas Bipontina