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Diced leather book decoration. Endband.

Descriptive Bibliography
COLLECTION Courtesy of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
 
BINDING DESCRIPTION
BINDING TERM Diced Russia Calfskin
DECORATION Diced
REPAIRS Rebacked with tanned goatskin, 3 corners repaired.
COVER material/hardware, etc, corner style/turn ins, repairs Full diced russia calfskin, with 4 false raised bands.
BOARDS material, back cornering Mill board, back cornered.
SPINE rounding/ backing lining Slightly rounded and backed.
ENDBANDS style, material/color, core material Double endband with a front bead. Red, light- blue, white silk(?)Leather core.
SEWING style, # stations, support material lacing in Sewn on 5 sunken cords. Support and lacing are not visible.
ENDPAPERS material, # of flyleaves/attachment Stormont stone pattern

TEXT BLOCK material, edge treatment Grain long, handmade laid paper.
HOUSING  
NOTES  
DESCRIBER (s) Meaghan J. Brown, M. Baughman, O. Primanis
Citations/ SEE ALSO See Also:

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CATALOGING RECORD accessed 10/08

Author Moryson, Fynes, 1566-1630.

Title An itinerary / vvritten by Fynes Moryson gent. first in the Latine tongue, and then translated by him into English: containing his ten yeeres travell throvgh the tvvelve domjnions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Jtaly, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Diuided into III parts …

Imprint At London : Printed by John Beale ..., 1617

Harry Ransom Center Book Collection -Q- D 915 M89 1617 LIB USE ONLY

Description [16], 295, [1], 301, [1], 292, [2] p. : geneal. tables, maps, plans ; 34 cm. (fol.)

Note Double t.p. (p. [4]-[5] at front).

Parts 1-3 of a projected work of 5 parts; part 4 was written but never printed. Cf. Dict. of Nat. Biog.

This work is known to exist in at least two issues: in this issue, the second title leaf (leaf [par.] 3) has the contents in Roman type and a printer's device with a griffin's head (McKerrow 374) between the contents and imprint; in another issue, leaf [par.] 3 is a cancel with the contents in italics and a different ornamental device is between the contents and imprint.

This issue is known to exist in at least two states: in state 1, part III, book 3 is paged continuously; in state 2, part III, book 3, chapter 4 is omitted, with numbers 151-154 omitted from pagination and gathering 3R consisting of 4 rather than 6 leaves.

HRC copies 1 & 2 are state 1; copy 3 is state 2. TxU-Hu

Signatures: ?[?par.?]??-4D?E?

First word of title within ornamental frame; ornamental device at head of second t.p.

Head- and tail-pieces; historiated initials.

Leaves A3, Ee2, Gg2 and Mmm missigned B3, E2, G2 and Nnn respectively; leaves 4A2 and 4B1 unsigned.

Numerous errors in pagination.

Pages [1]-[2] at front, p. [1] following p. 295, p. [1] following p. 301 and p. [1]-[2] at end are blank.

Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.) 18205

Local note HRC copy 1 [PAR] signed binding (stamped on front turn in): Bound for William Brown, Edinburgh; bookplate of Edward Alexander Parsons; imperfect: blank first and last leaves wanting, p. [11]-[12] at front bound in reverse order. Copy 2 [PAR] bookplate of Edward Alexander Parsons; armorial bookplate of James Maidment; inscribed: Tho: Baker Coll: Jo: Socius ejectus; ms. notations in hand of Baker; bookseller's ms. notation: from Earl Morton's collection; imperfect: blank first and last leaves wanting, part III, p. 139-142 wanting. Copy 3: armorial bookplate of Baron Caher; inscribed: Glengall; inscribed: Townshend; early 19th century English diced calf binding with the crest of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall; reg. no. 4470; imperfect: blank first leaf wanting; ms. notations.

Subject Europe – Description and travel.

Tyrone's Rebellion, 1597-1603.

Genre Armorial bindings – Glengall, Richard Butler, Earl of, 1775-1819

Bookbinding – Great Britain – ca. 1810

Diced leather bindings – ca. 1810

Special collection: Beale, John, printer/press

Brown, William, binder

Maidment, James, 1795?-1879, former owner

Baker, Thomas, 1656-1740, former owner

Morton, George Douglas, Earl of, 1761-1827, former owner

Glengall, Richard Butler, Earl of, 1775-1819, former owner

Townshend, former owner

Caher, Baron, former owner

Parsons, Edward Alexander, 1878-1962, former owner

Parsons Library

OCLC number 16505856H

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