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Bradel binding book decoration style. Front cover.
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| COLLECTION | Courtesy of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| BINDING DESCRIPTION | |
| BINDING TERM | Bradel: A type of binding that originated in Germany with the shop of Alexis Pierre Bradel. Characterized by a hollow back, similar to a library binding, and generally having split boards that were attached to the text block by a cloth spine lining. Many bindings "a la Bradel" are quarter bound with cloth or leather spine and paper sides. |
| DECORATION | Front and back boards have simple frame of gold lines, spine has eight gold lines and five rosettes, with gold tooled title. Turn-ins are gold tooled. Silk endleaves. |
| REPAIRS | |
| COVER material/hardware, etc, corner style/turn ins, repairs | Full red goat with gold tooling, untrimmed turn ins, overlapped corners. Hollow back, no bands. |
| BOARDS material, back cornering | Rigid boards, no shaping, no back cornering. |
| SPINE rounding/ backing lining | Rounded and backed, lining of printer's waste. |
| ENDBANDS style, material/color, core material | Pink, blue, and white silk endbands with a front bead over a cord core. |
| SEWING style, # stations, support material lacing in | Sewing is not visible except at endpapers: endpapers sewn all along over five supports which are adhered under paste down. |
| ENDPAPERS material, # of flyleaves/attachment | Blue silk pastedown and conjugate made flyleaf, two plain cream (3) medium (2) moderately textured (2) laid paper flyleaves. |
| TEXT BLOCK material, edge treatment | Cream (3) medium (1) moderately textured (3) handmade laid paper. Edges gilt. |
| HOUSING | |
| NOTES | The bindings Bradel was famous for are typically quarter style; this full leather binding does, however, display many of the functional aspects associated with the Bradel style. |
| DESCRIBER (s) | Meaghan J. Brown, M. Baughman, O. Primanis |
| Citations/ SEE ALSO | See Also: Paper descriptions: Elizabeth Lunning and Roy Perkinson. The Print Council of America Paper Sample Book: A Practical Guide to the Description of Paper. The Print Council of America. Sun Hill Press, 1996. |
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CATALOGING RECORD Note: Signature collations may be erroneous due to problems developed during database migration to a new OPAC system. Author Paracelsus, 1493-1541. Title Expositio vera harvm imaginvm olim Nvrenbergae repertarum ex fundatissimo veræ Magiæ vaticinio deducta. / Per D. Doctorem Theophrastum Paracelsum. Imprint [S.l. : s.n.], 1570. Harry Ransom Center Book Collection BV 5080 P372 1570 LIB USE ONLY Description 47, [1] leaves : ill. ; 16 cm. (8vo) Note Signatures: A-F8 Leaves 12 and 46 misnumbered 11 and 64. Publisher's device on recto of final leaf. Tail-pieces. Indexed in: Sudhoff, Karl. Bibl. Paracelsica, 115. Local note Signed binding (ticket on front end paper): Relié par Bradel l'Ainé Sucecseur du Sr. Derome le Jeune son Oncle Rue St Jacques Hotel de la Couture No. 65. Bookplate of John-Hely-Hutchinson, Chippenham Lodge, Ely, 1947. Subject Mysticism – History. Papacy. Special collection: Hely-Hutchinson, John Walter, 1882-1955, former owner Bradel, l'Ainé, binder OCLC number 9148453 | |
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