Detail View: Rylands Collection: William Matthews: Bacon's Essays

Image Number: 
JRL022350tr
Reference Number: 
Dowd 60
Image Title: 
William Matthews: Bacon's Essays
Series Title: 
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator: 
Matthews, William
Creator Role: 
Binder
Date Created: 
1963
Page/Sheet: 
Upper cover & spine
Description: 
Designer binding. Bound by William Matthews in 1963 in red goatskin, tooled in gold.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Goatskin
Item Height: 
385 mm
Item Width: 
254 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: 
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626), 'The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban' (London: Cresset Press, 1928)
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB