19th-century fore-edge paintings (Aa.6.38)
19th-century fore-edge paintings from one of a two volume set of 10th ed. (London, 1823). It incorporates scenes of Nottingham and Newark Castle, together with a portrait of White.
18th-century English 'Cambridge'-style calf (T.5.11)
18th-century English 'Cambridge'-style calfskin binding with gold-tooling. From an printed for the S.P.C.K. in 1727.
17th-century Dutch calf with gold-tooled device of the Elzevirs on the spine (Aa.2.54)
17th-century Dutch sprinkled calf, bound for the printers Louis and Daniel Elzevir, whose device can be seen stamped on the spine in gilt. The Elzevir press is still a major publishing house. From their 1661 printing of .
17th-century French gold-tooled calf with repeating fleur-de-lis motif (B.6.21)
17th-century French gold-tooled calf with repeating fleur-de-lis motif. From Ciampini's
Gift of .
17th-century English gold-tooled calfskin (F.12.22)
17th-century English gold-tooled calfskin binding, with a design that continues on the spine. From a volume containing (London, 1619).
Bequest of .
Early 17th-century English gold-tooled calfskin (A.3.87)
Early 17th-century English gold-tooled calfskin binding, with a design that continues on the spine and gauffered edges. From (1606).
Given by .
16th-century gold-tooled calf with date 1585 & initials I.G. (Bb.1.3-4)
16th-century gold-tooled calfskin binding, with a centre and cornerpiece design incorporating the date 1585 at the top, and the initials I.G. at the bottom. From an edition of Cicero's (Geneva, 1584).
16th-century English gold-tooled calf (T.10.43)
A 16th-century gold-tooled calfskin binding, probably English, and gauffered edges to the text block. From a volume containing a Latin (1580).
16th-century French? gold-tooled calf with Jesuit device (Aa/G.28.34)
A 16th-century gold-tooled calfskin binding, probably French, bearing a Jesuit device and gauffered edges to the textblock. From a volume containing the works of (1566).
16th-century French gold & black-painted binding (Lyon) (T.9.30)
16th-century French gold-painted calf (cf. Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of Bookbindings, 1891, H.12). The style copies the contemporary entrelac or strapwork bindings made popular by the collector Jean Grolier who was treasurer of France.