Klēmentos Alexandreōs ta heuriskomena. =. Clementis Alexandrini opera, quæ extant,
Saint Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215)
Category
Books
Date
1757
Materials
Measurements
401 x 280 x 60 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3203005.2
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paperInk/Pigment: Black printing and engraving inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: 19.2 Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: tipped single fold plain, white, wove paper, the outer leaf pasted to the boards Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, finely sprinkled with a brown pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, artifical hollow back End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in green silk over flat parchment cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: 5mm rope fibre boards, back-cornered, lacing not visible Covering: full tan-coloured tanned calf Tooling Spine: gold-tooled thick/thin fillet at head and tail of each panel; lettering piece in panel 3 (rest missing),Tooling Sides: gold-tooled thick/thin fillet border and 1-fillet on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: BookshoeBinding Notes: Card of Algernon Langton Massingberd pasted inside the front board
Bibliographic description
v.2.. Provenance: booklabel: "Algernon Langton Massingberd. Gunby Park" [i.e. Algernon Langton Massingberd (1803-1844)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf, gilt fillet border. Spine-strip lacking, both boards detached.
Makers and roles
Saint Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215) Gentian Hervet (1499-1584) John Potter (1673-1747) Archbishop of Canterbury