Detail View: Rylands Collection: James Brockman: The Song of Solomon

Image Number: 
JRL022390tr
Reference Number: 
Dowd 14
Image Title: 
James Brockman: The Song of Solomon
Series Title: 
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator: 
Brockman, James
Creator Role: 
Binder
Date Created: 
1973
Page/Sheet: 
Upper & lower covers and spine
Description: 
Designer binding. Bound by James Brockman in 1973 in black morocco, the boards sculptured and tooled in gold, with white calf onlays in a design of two persons meeting in a garden.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Medium: 
Calf (leather)
Support: 
Leather
Item Height: 
394 mm
Item Width: 
307 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K. (on temporary deposit)
Provenance: 
Dowd, Anthony, owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
Copyright and IPR restrictions apply
References: 
'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', compiled by Anthony Dowd (John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2002)
Bibliographic Citation: 
'The Song of Solomon'; text from the King James Bible of 1611 (Guildford: Circle Press, 1968)
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB