COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022430tr
Reference Number:
Dowd 67
Image Title:
Bruce Plumley binding
Series Title:
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Parent Work Title:
Four Fables
Creator:
Aesop
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Plumley, Bruce
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1979
Page/Sheet:
Upper & lower covers and spine
Image Sequence Number:
067
Description:
Designer binding. Bound by Bruce Plumley in 1979 in orange and white goatskin with an abstract design tooled in black & gold to represent Aesop, a slave, kneeling & praying with his hands in bonds.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Goatskin
Item Height:
415 mm
Item Width:
310 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:
Aesop, 'Four Fables', translated by the Rev. Samuel Croxall (London: World's End Press, 1972)
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Bruce Plumley binding
