Binding Collection (#3)

Un atelier de relieur au moyen age (engraving)
3629508 Un atelier de relieur au moyen age (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un atelier de relieur au moyen age)

Sewing Press (engraving)
3654619 Sewing Press (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sewing Press. Illustration for The Penny Magazine (1842).); © Look and Learn

Extra-Finisher at work (engraving)
3654618 Extra-Finisher at work (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Extra-Finisher at work)

The Prince of Wales hunting in the Terai, binding a Wild Elephant (engraving)
1059242 The Prince of Wales hunting in the Terai, binding a Wild Elephant (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Prince of Wales hunting in the Terai)

Corinne ou l Italie (leather & marbled paper)
698763 Corinne ou l Italie (leather & marbled paper) by Stael, Germaine de (1766-1817); 17.1x10.7x2.5 cm; BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, Academie des Beaux-Arts

The Sacrifice of Isaac, c. 1659 (oil on canvas)
1069777 The Sacrifice of Isaac, c.1659 (oil on canvas) by Pereda y Salgado, Antonio (1611-78); 215.3x158.1 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son)

Assault of a famous convent in Russia by a large band of evildoers (Colour Litho)
2814970 Assault of a famous convent in Russia by a large band of evildoers (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Reliure, Cousage des cahiers (engraving)
2781336 Reliure, Cousage des cahiers (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reliure, Cousage des cahiers)

The Binding of Fenris (litho)
2792524 The Binding of Fenris (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Binding of Fenris)

Cover of a book, possibly Cato Major de Senectute by Cicero (leather)
XCF291076 Cover of a book, possibly Cato Major de Senectute by Cicero (leather) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Cato the Elder On Old Age by Cicero)

Front Cover of Description de l Egypte, Book 1, Volume II, Antiquities
XCF291075 Front Cover of Description de l Egypte, Book 1, Volume II, Antiquities, and back cover of Book 8, Volume I, Histoire Naturelle, 1809 (leather) by French School

Cover of a book
FSG348651 Cover of a book by Chinese School; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Charles Lang Freer; Chinese, out of copyright

Aristeus Compels Proteus to Reveal his Oracles, 1731 (engraving)
STC134119 Aristeus Compels Proteus to Reveal his Oracles, 1731 (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); Private Collection; (add.info)

A bookmakers workshop, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers
STC243958 A bookmakers workshop, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers by Denis Diderot (1713-84) published c.1770 (engraving) by French School

Book cover with the coat of arms of Armand-Jean du Plessis
CHT191862 Book cover with the coat of arms of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) (red leather & gold) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque de la Sorbonne, Paris

Front cover of an edition of Notre-Dame de Paris
BMR179969 Front cover of an edition of Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo (1802-85) published by Editions Perrotin, Paris, 1844 (leather and gold) by French School

Upper book cover, with semi-naturalistic design of lotuses and honeysuckle flowerheads
985916 Upper book cover, with semi-naturalistic design of lotuses and honeysuckle flowerheads, 1886 (grey-brown crushed levant morocco over bevelled boards) by French School

Book cover for The Diary of Samuel Pepys, with an oval portrait of Samuel Pepys
985831 Book cover for The Diary of Samuel Pepys, with an oval portrait of Samuel Pepys, 1927 (blue crushed levant morocco leather, gilt, oval portrait miniatu) by Currie, C. B

A jewelled ornamental binding with stones, depicting several animals
985745 A jewelled ornamental binding with stones, depicting several animals, 1860 (green crushed levant morocco leather, red & blue morocco leather, gilt, moonstones, sapphires)

Binding of the book The Gettysberg Speech and The Second Inaugural Address
985741 Binding of the book The Gettysberg Speech and The Second Inaugural Address, 1928 (union blue levant morocco leather, red and brown morocco leather)

An oval portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (green levant morocco leather, cream watered silk
985727 An oval portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (green levant morocco leather, cream watered silk, sapphires, pai) by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; 27.2x19.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Miniature of Saint Joan of Arc, 1905 (salmon & blue levant morocco leather, gilt fillet
985692 Miniature of Saint Joan of Arc, 1905 (salmon & blue levant morocco leather, gilt fillet, painted min) by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; 28.1x22.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A book cover with twenty-five portrait miniatures of beautiful women
985691 A book cover with twenty-five portrait miniatures of beautiful women, after the Wards Engravings of Portraits by Celebrated Artists, 1904 (dark green crushed levant morocco leather, gilt)

Doublure from Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
985598 Doublure from Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire, Depicting a Serpent Entwined Around an Iris, 1901 (moroccan leather) by Meunier

First edition of Richard Francis Burton s, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
1195414 First edition of Richard Francis Burton s, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, 1883 (red half calf, red morocco clamshell case, miniature) by English School, (19th century); 25x15

Polychrome lacquer binding with flap, for Amir Ali Shir Nawa i
1196851 Polychrome lacquer binding with flap, for Amir Ali Shir Nawa is (1441-1501) Diwan (love poetry), painted with a forest scene

Binding of The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon
3435206 Binding of The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon, London, 1838 (leather) by English School, (19th century); 99.3x65.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: AUDUBON)

Upper and lower covers, and spine, with oval portraits of Robert Burns and Jessie Lewars
1195364 Upper and lower covers, and spine, with oval portraits of Robert Burns and Jessie Lewars, 1860 (purple crushed levant morocco with gilt fillet, scroll border an) by English School

Knight and Lady with Holy Grail, 1903 (transparent vellum over painted paper with
1195361 Knight and Lady with Holy Grail, 1903 (transparent vellum over painted paper with mother-of-pearl and g) by English School

The Song of Solomon, with lacquer by Jean Dunand (1877-1942), 1925 (morocco)
CH438750 The Song of Solomon, with lacquer by Jean Dunand (1877-1942), 1925 (morocco) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941) (after); 25x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Silver Gilt Binding, Depicting the Crucifixion of Christ
986210 Silver Gilt Binding, Depicting the Crucifixion of Christ, with the Holy Mother of God and Holy Mary on Either Side, 1669 (silver gilt repousse binding, red leather)

Lewis E 161, Missal, back cover, Franconia, possibly Forchheim, Germany
5933021 Lewis E 161, Missal, back cover, Franconia, possibly Forchheim, Germany, 1500-25 (calfskin) (see also 5932317) by German School

Lewis E 161, Missal, front cover, Franconia, possibly Forchheim, Germany
5932317 Lewis E 161, Missal, front cover, Franconia, possibly Forchheim, Germany, 1500-25 (calfskin) (see also 5933021) by German School

Book plate of Carey Coke, wife of Edward Coke, and mother to Thomas Coke
3964038 Book plate of Carey Coke, wife of Edward Coke, and mother to Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, 1701 (engraving) by English School

Circular coiled basket (brown rush)
AMQ107031 Circular coiled basket (brown rush) by Egyptian; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; Egyptian, out of copyright

Straw chair maker (colour litho)
703022 Straw chair maker (colour litho) by Italian School, (19th century); Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Genie du Christianisme, 1802 (leather & marbled paper)
698753 Genie du Christianisme, 1802 (leather & marbled paper) by Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Francois Rene (1768-1848); 20x13x3.5 cm; BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt

Book cover (cloisonne enamel)
BAL5978 Book cover (cloisonne enamel) by Russian School (17th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; Russian, out of copyright

Machine in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Cloth embossing machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Board cutting in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Board cutting machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Scene in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Scene in a bookbinding workshop (roan binding shop), Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Almanac of the agriculture bookshop La Maison Rustique, c
CHT163149 Almanac of the agriculture bookshop La Maison Rustique, c.1860 (colour engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Book cover, Egypt or Syria, Mamluk period (leather over pasteboards)
FSG348672 Book cover, Egypt or Syria, Mamluk period (leather over pasteboards) by Islamic School, (14th century); 37.5x28.5 cm; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, USA; Arthur M

Cloth-embossing Machine (engraving)
3654614 Cloth-embossing Machine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cloth-embossing Machine)

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