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Bookbinding Tools 1875Various tools used in bookbinding, including a pair of compasses, a mallet, presses, a knife, a set square, needle and thread, and a gouge
Bookbinding WorkshopA bookbinders workshop, with the finished products in a domestic scene over on the right
Official wording, Apprenticeship IndentureOfficial wording of an Apprenticeship Indenture, between John Henry Watson of 3 Newland Street, Derby, and Messrs John Davis & Son (Derby) Limited
Chinese Foot-BindingThe damage caused by the practise of Chinese foot- binding to the structure of the foot, and the foot as it would appear encased in a shoe
Front cover, Apprenticeship IndentureFront cover of an Apprenticeship Indenture, between John Henry Watson and Messrs John Davis & Son (Derby) Limited. (1 of 2) Date: 3 January 1902
Ancient boxing gloves or caestusBoxing gloves or caestus, showing ways that Lottatori fighters bound their hands for combat. 1, 2, 3 from the Maffei Museum, and 4, 5 from an ancient urn in St. Stefano church, Piscinola
Bound feet, Chine, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s
Bound feet, China, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, booklet of notesWhite Star Line, RMS Titanic. Rare booklet of notes and illustrations for First and Second Class passengers on board the Titanic
Jane's Fighting Ships, Cammell Laird & Co LtdPublications - Jane's Fighting Ships 1989-90, 92nd edition, with Cammell Laird & Co Ltd design below
Gradual (Fragment)Fragment of a gradual, parchment. This is only a small part of a larger leaf and has been badly damaged by its use as a binding fragment. Date: 14th Century
Paper and Parchment Binding FragmentsFragments of paper and parchment salvaged from the binding of a book. Two pieces of parchment are from the same document, possibly a letter or deed
Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by MerulaTwo attached folios, paper, probably the endpaper and first leaf of a volume. Folio 1, which would have been the endpaper
Gregory Homilia in Evangelia (Fragment)Single leaf of parchment, cut to size for use as a binding cover. The text is from Homilia in Evangelia by Pope Gregory I
Breviary (Fragment)Two leaves, probably from a breviary, parchment. The leaves are from the same work but do not appear to be consecutive. Main body text in two columns in a Gothic textualis rotunda in dark brown ink
Financial Records?Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles
Gebetbuch (Fragment)Five leaves from a prayer book (Gebetbuch) in Middle Dutch, parchment. Consists of one bifolium and three loose leaves, probably consecutive
Charter (Fragments)Charter recording a mortgage for a house, cut into two pieces for use as book binding material. On parchment. Text in dark brown-black ink in a gothic cursive hand
InventorySheet of paper, possibly the endpaper from a book, with a handwritten list or inventory in French dated 16 February 1605. With pieces of the binding thread attached in the gutter
La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration). Illustrated magazine published in Madrid between 1869 and 1921
Andree's balloon, in gold, decorates the cover of this book. Date: 1898
Machine in a bookbinding workshop, City of LondonCloth embossing machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842
Board cutting in a bookbinding workshop, City of LondonBoard cutting machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842
Scene in a bookbinding workshop, City of LondonScene in a bookbinding workshop (roan binding shop), Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842
Advert for Josiah Westley, bookbinders 1851Josiah Westley, bookbinding establishment, adjoining The Times, office, London. 1851
16th century BookbindersStages in the binding of a books : stitching the gatherings, flattening the sheets for insertion. Date: 16th century
Abraham and Isaac carrying the wood for the sacrifice. EngraOld Testament. Book of Genesis. Abraham and Isaac. Patriarchs of Israel. Abraham and Isaac carrying the wood for the sacrifice. Chapter XXII, verses 13 to 8. Dore drawing. Engraving by Laplante
Pattern 1796, Light Cavalry Officers sword, 15th Hussars.Blade is curved and fullered with engraved decoration in the linear style typical of the period, the decoration includes floral designs
Codex Lebuinus. 825-850. BindingCodex Lebuinus. Northern France, 825-850. Detail of binding, Cologne, 11th-12th centuries. Decorated in silver, ivory and precious stones. The central figure depicts Bacchus
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. The SacrifiRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher.The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1636. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Bookbinding / DiderotThe interior of a French book binding establishment : preparing the leather, sewing the gatherings, making the boards, pressing the volumes. Date: circa 1760
Chinese women with bound feet. Date: circa 1890
China - Shanghai - Woman with bound feet reclining on divan. Foot binding was the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth
Book cover - The Jungle BookEmbossed book binding for The Two Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling featuring elephants being led through a swamp. 1926
Book cover - A Mystery of the Air by John F. C. WestermanFront cover of a book with a fine graphic illustration of a passenger aircraft. c.1930
Book cover - Old Christmas by Washington IrvingCover of Old Christmas by Washington Irving, depicting a jolly scene showing revellers dancing beneath a bunch of mistletoe. The cover is intricately decorated with a border of holly and mistletoe
Book cover - Tom Browns SchooldaysBeautifully embossed book binding of an edition of Tom Browns Schooldays. 1896
Book cover - Elise et KatelDecorative binding of a book, Elise et Katel featuring stylised flowers in gold. c.1900
La Navigation Aerienne by J. LecornuBeautiful cover to La Navigation Aerienne featuring an airship flying through the clouds over a cityscape. 1914
Liqueur set in a preserved elephants foot, 1903 (c). Silver and glass, made by R P, hallmarked Chester, 1903-1904. Two-handled elephants foot bound with silver
Cutting and Binding Grass With Automatic Machine - a view of a two horse drawn machine for cutting and binding grass being driven by a man in a field. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Pulling and Binding Flax, Co. Antrim - a picture of six men gathering flax by hand. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s
Bookbinding in a European-run Japanese paper factoryEuropean-run Japanese paper factory - sorting piles of handmade paper by size and weight. The European boss/overseer is at rear. Date: circa 1910s
Tobias CrispTOBIAS CRISP Puritan churchman harassed for his antinomian views, holding that the moral law is not binding on Christians such as he. He died of smallpox. Date: 1600 - 1643
Binding Braille BooksBinding Braille books for the blind. The large volumes each contain 100 pages. Date: circa 1930s
Sphere binding coverBinding for a volume of The Sphere magazine, subtitled, An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home. The design features two women representing East and West holding a globe
Book cover design, Hassan by James Elroy FleckerBook cover design in red and gold, Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker
Book cover design, Carnets de Voyage en ItalieBook cover design in art deco style, Carnets de Voyage en Italie by Maurice Denis. Date: circa 1930s