Detail View: Rylands Collection: John Pearson: The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales
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Image Number:
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JRL022411tr
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Reference Number:
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Dowd 64
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Image Title:
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John Pearson: The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales
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Series Title:
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Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
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Creator:
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Pearson, John Christian
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Creator Role:
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Binder
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Date Created:
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1967
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper & lower covers and spine
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Description:
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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.
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Support:
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Calfskin
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Item Height:
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520 mm
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Item Width:
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370 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K. (on temporary deposit)
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Provenance:
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Dowd, Anthony, owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright and IPR restrictions apply
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References:
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'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', compiled by Anthony Dowd (John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2002)
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, 'The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales' (Guildford: Editions Alecto, 1967)
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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