Detail View: Rylands Collection: Leipzig binding

Image Number: 
JRL0701376dc
Reference Number: 
Tregaskis R183558.44
Image Title: 
Leipzig binding
Series Title: 
Tregaskis Bindings Collection
Parent Work Title: 
Tale of King Florus and the fair Jehane
Creator: 
Morris, William, 1834-1896
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Fritzsche, Gustav
Creator Role: 
Binder
Date Created: 
1893-1894
Publication Details: 
Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press
Volume: 
44
Page/Sheet: 
Upper & lower covers
Image Sequence Number: 
044
Description: 
Leipzig Binding: Fawn calf. Raised bands lettered on back. Upper cover adorned with a design the facsimile of the title page, the border painted with a ground work of prune colour, with grapes in purple and vine leaves in green; the centre a pale blue, lettering in white, the whole brightened in gold; broad fawn and inlaid maroon inside covers, delicately gold tooled; leather joints. Commissioned by James & Mary Lee Tregaskis.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Creation Site: 
Germany: Saxony: Leipzig
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
References: 
Facsimile of the 1894 Exhibition Catalogue in the Tregaskis Centenery Exhibition Catalogue, Designer Bookbinders, London 1994
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2006-12-01
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2007-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB