Binding Collection (#6)

The Duke of Queensberry and Dover presenting the Act of Union to Queen Anne, 1773. James Douglas, (1662-1711) Scottish nobleman presenting the Acts of Union 1707 to Queen Anne

Painting (formerly Machine), 1916 (oil on canvas)
3247965 Painting (formerly Machine), 1916 (oil on canvas) by Schamberg, Morton Livingston (1881-1918); 76.5x57.8 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; American, out of copyright

Cover of the Psalter of St. Elizabeth (mixed media)
XIR293286 Cover of the Psalter of St. Elizabeth (mixed media) by French School, (13th century); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Cover of La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas, 1883 edition

Different machines and instruments used in the early 20th century for book binding, drawing in the Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui

Binding room at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist
Binding room at the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. Female workers at the White Rose Press in Mexborough, South Yorkshire collate pages prior to sewing in the binding room

Book binding department of the White Rose Press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1968. An employee counting pages before binding

The binding room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
The binding room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Girls working on a brochure for Selmer Guitars

The binding room at the White Rose Press printing Co, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The White Rose Press Company was responsible for the printing of many publications

Mosaic binding signed by Le Monnier and bearing the monogram of Maria Josepha of Saxony, c1750 (19 Artist: Le Monnier)
Mosaic binding signed by Le Monnier and bearing the monogram of Maria Josepha of Saxony, c1750 (1947). From The Art of the French Book, edited by Andre Lejard. [Paul Elek, London, 1947]

Binding with arms of Henry III, c1585 (1947). From The Art of the French Book, edited by Andre Lejard. [Paul Elek, London, 1947]

Plaque binding (plaque de reliure), champleve enamel on copper, 12th century, (1931). Found in the collection of the Musee de Cluny. A print from the L Illustration, 1931

Bookbinder, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Bookbinder, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Abraham and Isaac carrying the wood for the sacrifice. Engra
Old 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

Decorative end paper. Circa early 19th century

Farmers field corn sheaves CXXXI Upon seeing
Farmers in a field with corn sheaves CXXXI. Upon seeing a Maeyer, sharpening his Zein with the whetstone (title on object), A farmer is sharpening his mowing tools

Book Hours Utrecht 1460-1465 Master Gijsbrecht van Brederode
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht), c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 175r Text 1460-1465 Master
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 175r, Text, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 221v Adoration Magi 1460-1465
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 221v, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 222r Initial Three Kings
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 222r, Initial with Three Kings, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 62v Nativity 1460-1465
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 62v, The Nativity, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 63r Initial Holy Trinity
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 63r, Initial with Holy Trinity, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 174v Text 1460-1465 Master
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 174v, Text, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 158r Text 1460-1465 Master
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 158r, Text, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 14r Initial Nativity 1460-1465
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 14r, Initial with The Nativity, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Book Hours Utrecht fol 157v Text 1460-1465 Master
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 157v, Text, c. 1460-1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), and Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)

Codex Lebuinus. 825-850. Binding
Codex 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 Sacrifi
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher.The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1636. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Bookbinding / Diderot
The 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

Smallest book and millipede, SEM
Smallest book in the world with a millipede. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a millipede (class Diplopoda) and the smallest published book in the world

Smallest book in the world held on a human finger. This is the smallest published book in the world, a tiny leather-bound volume that measures just 2.4 by 2.9 millimetres in page area

Weaving willow around hazel rods to create a willow wigwam

Crop rotation: harvesting corn, 1855. Reaping with a scythe, binding and stooking. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of

Reaping with sickles and binding the sheaves, England, c1800

Book cover - The Jungle Book
Embossed 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. Westerman
Front cover of a book with a fine graphic illustration of a passenger aircraft. c.1930

Book cover - Old Christmas by Washington Irving
Cover 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 Schooldays
Beautifully embossed book binding of an edition of Tom Browns Schooldays. 1896

Book cover - Elise et Katel
Decorative binding of a book, Elise et Katel featuring stylised flowers in gold. c.1900

La Navigation Aerienne by J. Lecornu
Beautiful 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 factory
European-run Japanese paper factory - sorting piles of handmade paper by size and weight. The European boss/overseer is at rear. Date: circa 1910s

Tobias Crisp
TOBIAS 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

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