COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022411tr
Reference Number:
Dowd 64
Image Title:
John Pearson: The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales
Series Title:
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator:
Pearson, John Christian
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1967
Page/Sheet:
Upper & lower covers and spine
Description:
Designer binding. Bound by John Pearson in full cream calfskin, each board decorated with brightly coloured designs of low-relief insets in various materials depicting London on the upper board and Canterbury on the lower.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Support:
Calfskin
Item Height:
520 mm
Item Width:
370 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:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 'The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales' (Guildford: Editions Alecto, 1967)
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
John Pearson: The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales
