COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022380tr
Reference Number:
Dowd 50
Image Title:
Arthur Johnson: Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren
Series Title:
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator:
Johnson, Arthur
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1967
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover & spine
Description:
Designer binding. Bound by Arthur Johnson in 1967 in cream vellum with a design of St Paul's Cathedral tooled in gold on the upper board, and the title tooled in gold on the spine.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
308 mm
Item Width:
229 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:
'Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren; from the Parentalia or Memoirs by his son Christopher', edited by Ernest J. Enthoven (Campden: Essex House Press, 1903)
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Arthur Johnson: Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren
