Dictionaire historique et critique, par Mr. Pierre Bayle.
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Measurements
410 x 268 x 73 mm
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3154560.3
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: red and black printing ink, black engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: ContemporaryBinder's Name: British End Leaves: Sewn double-fold (made) of plain handmade laid paper the outer half pasted to the inside of the boards. Structure: BritishEdges: plain cut, finely sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no liningsEnd Bands: Missing. Worked in red and white thread.Bookmark: NoneBoards: 5mm rope-fibre couched laminate boards, slips 1, 3, 4 and 6 laced in angled up in the left board, down in the right.Covering: full brown tanned calf, sprinkled with a black pigment, polishedTooling Spine: panels 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 gold-tooled with corners and centrepiece, red leather lettering piece in panel 2, black leather in panel 3Tooling Sides: Furniture: None Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Edward Gibbon Esq., engraved by Hughes, inside left board.
Bibliographic description
v.3; fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate of Edward Gibbon. ; Hughes fecit. [i.e. Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt tooling on spine and board edges (trace); six raised bands; red and green spine label gilt lettered: Dictionaire de Bayle / Tom III. Poor condition throughout: spine damaged and boards loose; mould and damp staining.
Makers and roles
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)