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| Keywords: bookbindings historic antique book binding photo border text abstract indoor Authors sometimes presented specially-bound books to wealthy patrons or to people of standing. A note on the front flyleaf of this volume states that it was bound as a presentation copy for the dedicatee, Admiral Sir David Milne. The book is bound in red straight-grained goatskin, which has been gold tooled and blind tooled on the upper and lower covers. The spine has raised bands and includes a galleon motif in the second and third panels. On the insides of the covers are silk doublures with elaborate gold and blind tooled surrounds. The cream endpapers are watermarked ‘1815’. A handwritten note on a front endpaper says: ‘Finely bound by Hering’. Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, A narrative of the shipwreck of the British brig “Surprise” (London: Gye and Balne,1817). REng LOND Narr 1817. Authors sometimes presented specially-bound books to wealthy patrons or to people of standing. A note on the front flyleaf of this volume states that it was bound as a presentation copy for the dedicatee, Admiral Sir David Milne. The book is bound in red straight-grained goatskin, which has been gold tooled and blind tooled on the upper and lower covers. The spine has raised bands and includes a galleon motif in the second and third panels. On the insides of the covers are silk doublures with elaborate gold and blind tooled surrounds. The cream endpapers are watermarked ‘1815’. A handwritten note on a front endpaper says: ‘Finely bound by Hering’. Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, A narrative of the shipwreck of the British brig “Surprise” (London: Gye and Balne,1817). REng LOND Narr 1817. | ||||
