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| Keywords: The Form of the solemnization of Matrimony. (Illuminated by Owen Jones.) - Upper cover (c30a8).jpg Style Panel design Publishers binding Retrospective imitations of earlier styles Interlacing ribbon/strapwork Floral; Caption Upper cover; Colour White / cream; Edge Gilt exhibition history Decorative Technique Blocked in gold Blocked in relief; Cover Material Calf Designed by Owen Jones The half title page has /The form of/ Solemnization/ of/ Matrimony/ The title page verso has /Illuminated by Owen Jones/ Each leaf is printed on the recto and the verso only with ornamental borders in gold red and blue Bevelled boards Beige calf The turn-ins are blocked in gold with repeating semi-circles and with a leaf and bud pattern Both covers blocked identically apart from the centres The borders are blocked in gold with oval-shaped linked straps blocked in relief An inner rectangle is formed by two fillets blocked in gold with two crossing leaves blocked in gold on each inner corner On the centre of the lower cover a lozenge-shaped series of straps is blocked in relief with blocking in gold surrounding them and highlighting them On the centre of the upper cover a single plant stem is blocked in gold from the base upwards The stem bisects the title words / Ho/ ly Matri/ mony which are blocked in gold in gothic letters Above the title the plant has two open flowers and two nearly open flowers plus three buds - all blocked in gold The spine is blocked in gold and in relief Two fillets are blocked in gold at the head and at the tail The rest of the spine is blocked with straps in relief with gold blocking in between Text copyright Edmund M B King and available under a CC0 license object history Text 1849; London; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding England place of discovery Victorian publishers' bindings / London Library Association c1985 p 153 McLean R Victorian book design and colour printing London 1972 p 94 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000002790 ImageId ImageId 41000 Copyright BL The Form of the solemnization of Matrimony Illuminated by Owen Jones Uploaded with GWToolset The Form of the solemnization of Matrimony Illuminated by Owen Jones - Upper cover c30a8 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/5507_4 jpg 19th-century bookbinding Bookbinding British Library Bookbindings | ||||
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