English botany :. or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth, to which will be added, occasional remarks,
James Sowerby (London 1757 - London 1822)
Category
Books
Date
1790 - 1801
Materials
Measurements
230 x 150 x 26 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 3173733.9
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink with hand-colouring on the engravings Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supportsDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: British End Leaves: a tipped single-fold of stone marbled paper made to the second leaf of a sewn double-fold of white, handmade, wove paper. The outer leaf ofthe marbled paper pasted tothe board. Structure: BritishEdges: palin cut, coloured yellow, polished Spine Lining: End Bands: moderate round, square joints, no visible liningsBookmark: NoneBoards: 2.5mm rope-fibre board, back-cornered, all slips laced in.Covering: full brown tanned calf, tree-marble stain decoration; two contemporary patches on the back cover. Tied up neatly into the back corneringTooling Spine: divided in 6 panels by gold-tooled rolls, with large tool in centee of panels 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6; red tanned leather lettering piece in panel 2, titled in goldTooling Sides: gold-tooled roll border; gold-tooled roll on board edges. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Bookplate of Marie Radland, Farfield, Kidderminster.
Bibliographic description
v.9., ill. ;. 23 cm. Provenance: printed book label on inside front cover of Marie Badland, Farfield, Kidderminster. Binding: Bound in brown leather, with gold border and gold lettering on red label on spine. Marbled endpapers. Somewhat scuffed.
Makers and roles
James Sowerby (London 1757 - London 1822) Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828)