The preacher: LoanMSSPB.58-2015

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The preacher

Maker(s)

Designer: Jones, Owen
Publisher: Longman & Co.
Binder (person): Remnant, Edmonds & Remnants

Categories

Book

Description

Illuminated by Owen Jones.
"The Words of the Preacher, Son of David, King of Jerusalem" -- f.3. Chromolithographed throughout after designs by Owen Jones, original roan-backed wooden boards by Remnant, Edmonds & Remnants with simulated carved foliate decoration incorporating title on upper cover.
A heat-stamping process was used to create the carved effect in the wood of the binding. See Rauri Maclean's Victorian Publisher's Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather, p.31, where he conjectures that this is the only binding known to have been produced by this process, and Maggs Brothers Ltd. Catalogue 1075. Bookbinding in the British Isles, Part II, p. 192,

18 leaves.

Place(s) associated

London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan by Christie, P. M.

Dating

Production date: AD 1849

Note

Added t.p. in colour. Bound in maroon cloth, gold stamped with ornamental designs on spine and front cover. Page edges gilt.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: LoanMSSPB.58-2015
Primary reference Number: 204573
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 2 February 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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