print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.109
- Description
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Gatty, Margaret. Parables from nature. By Mrs. Alfred Gatty. With notes on natural history, and illustrations by C.W.Cope, R.A. [i.e. Charles West Cope], H. Calderon [i.e. Philip Hermogenes Calderon], W. Holman Hunt [i.e William Holman Hunt], W. Millais [i.e. probably William Henry Millais], Otto Speckter, G.Thomas [i.e. possibly George Houseman Thomas] and E. Warren. [Device of Bell and Daldy.] London: Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street, 1861. [London:] Chiswick Press: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane. viii, 196p. The frontispiece plate is signed: “H. Harral [i.e. Horace Harral] and “PHC” [i.e. Philip Hermogenes Calderon]. The end of the List of Contents states: “/ The Frontispiece is designed by H. Calderon. The drawings by Otto Speckter have been engraved by H. N. Woods [i.e. possibly H. Newsom Woods], and the rest by H. Harral [i.e. Horace Harral].” The Illustration between pages 52 and 53 is entitled: “Waiting”, and it is by C. W. Cope. The illustration between pages 92 and 93 is entitled: Active and Passive”, and it is by William Holman Hunt. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue morocco horizontal-grain cloth. The same design is blocked on both covers. The lower cover is blocked in blind, the upper cover is blocked in gold. The upper cover has a fillet blocked in gold on the border. Inside the border is strap work, highlighted in relief, which forms "onion" shapes on the corners. There is a tracery of leaves and flowers blocked in relief around the strap work, against a horizontal hatch gold background. In the central oval, the title words: "/ Parables/ from/ nature/ Mrs. A. Gatty/" are blocked in relief within four rectangular gold lettering-pieces, each with a single gold fillet on its borders. A tracery of small plant decoration is blocked in gold surrounds these lettering-pieces. The spine is fully blocked in gold and relief. A single gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. From the head downwards, the decoration is: two gold fillets; flower decoration blocked in relief within gold horizontal hatch; The words: "/ Parables/ from/ nature/ Mrs A Gatty/" are blocked in gold, within a panel with fillets forming an ogee arch at the head; four gold fillets ;more flower and stem decoration blocked in relief within gold horizontal hatch; an extended oval, with semi-circles is blocked on the middle of the lower half of the spine, with small leaf and flower decoration blocked in gold within it; six gold fillets are blocked at the tail.
- Production date
- 1861
- Dimensions
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Height: 208 millimetres
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Thickness: 25 millimetres
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Width: 145 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Ball, Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings. London, Library Association, 1985, p. 156, cites the 1864 quarto edition as being signed by William Harry Rogers.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Parables from Nature.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.109
