The book of butterflies, sphinxes and moths;. Illustrated by ninety-six engravings coloured after nature. By Captain Thomas Brown ... In two volumes.
Thomas Brown (1785-1862)
Category
Books
Date
1832
Materials
Measurements
151 x 98 x 25 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 3181625
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: machine-made wove paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink aand hand-colouring Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollow Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: tipped single fold of cream, wover paper, the outer leaf pasted to the board Structure: British Edges: plain-cut, sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, quadrant joints, paper hollow tube with 4 broad false bands End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in blue thread over a round black core (paper roll?) Bookmark: None Boards: 2.5mm rope fibre boardsno back cornering, all slips laced, parallel Covering: full brown tanned calf, polished Tooling Spine: arge gold-tooled rectangular block in panels 1, 3, 4 and 5, blind-tooled roll across bands, black tanned lettering piece in panel tool title in gold. Tooling Sides: Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
2 v., 96 col. plates :. ill. ;. 8vo.,. 15 cm. Vol. 1 only. Provenance: Inscriptions in ink on inside front cover and on additional titlepage: `G. Ugbrook'. Price in pencil on inside front cover: `12/6'. Written in ink at rear: `Thou art not a dog'. Binding: Brown leather, gold ornaments on spine and title in gold on black spine label, single gold fillet on front and rear. Spine damaged. Kept in cardboard conservation box.
Makers and roles
Thomas Brown (1785-1862)