Detail View: Rylands Collection: Julian Thomas: Houses of Leaves

Image Number: 
JRL022402tr
Reference Number: 
Dowd 86
Image Title: 
Julian Thomas: Houses of Leaves
Series Title: 
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator: 
Thomas, Julian J.W.
Creator Role: 
Binder
Date Created: 
1994
Page/Sheet: 
Upper & lower covers and spine
Description: 
Designer binding. Bound by Julian Thomas in 1994 in green & purple dyed vellum recessed into the boards & spine and then covered allong the top & bottom with green goatskin with patterned edges bevelled and painted in green acrylic.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Vellum
Item Height: 
265 mm
Item Width: 
182 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: 
Dafydd ap Gwilym, 'Houses of Leaves'; translated by Rachel Bromwich (Llandogo: Old Stile Press, 1993)
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB