- Museum number
- 1992,0406.229
- Description
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Manning, Samuel. The Months illustrated by pen and pencil. The designs by Noel Humphreys [i.e. Henry Noel Humphreys], John Gilbert, Barnes [i.e. Robert Barnes], Wimperis [i.e. Edmund Morison Wimperis] , North [i.e. John William North], Lee [i.e. J. N. Lee] , Sulman [i.e. Thomas Sulman] , and other eminent Artists: Engraved by Butterworth and Heath. London: The Religious Tract Society, 56 Paternoster Row; 65 St. Pauls Churchyard; and 164 Piccadilly, [1864]. London: R. Clay, Son, and Taylor, Printers, Bread Street Hill. xvi,224p. Other artists given in the List of Illustrations are: W. Nicholls [i.e. William Alfred Nicholls], T. Sargent, P. W. Justyne [i.e. Percy William Justyne]. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper recto. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by Westleys & Co./ London/”. [Ball no. 103D.] Green pebble-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically in gold and in blind and in relief. Two gold fillets are blocked on the borders. Inside, a border of single branches is blocked, which cross at the corners. Sprays of flowers are attached to the branches on each side. At the head, a garland of flowers is blocked. At the tail, a winter scene is blocked, with a hawthorn-like plant blocked on the centre. The central rectangle has three fillets on its borders, one blocked in blind between two in gold. On the centre, the title: "/ The Months/ Illustrated/ by/ Pen & Pencil/" is blocked in gold, in gothic letters. The capital letters "T", "M" and "I" are enlarged, with small decoration blocked in relief inside each letter. Many tendrils are attached to the title letters. The spine is blocked in gold. A single fillet is blocked in gold on the perimeter. From the head downwards, the decoration is: two diamond panels, surrounded by "branch-like" fillets, which cross and form single straps; gold lettering-pieces shaped as ribbons; the title: "/ The/ Months/ Illustrated/ by/ Pen & Pencil/" blocked in relief within these ribbons; two more diamond panels; small decoration is blocked at the tail. All the diamonds are gold lettering-pieces, with decoration of the seasons blocked in relief within each panel. The decorations in each panel are, from the head: winter; spring; summer; autumn. The detail on the clustered flowers on branches, and the tendrils attached to the gothic letters - both are characteristic of Humphrey's work in his engravings and lithographs. The 1876 edition is at BL shelf mark 11652.bb.18. Gilt edges. White endpapers and pastedowns. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown: "Bound by Westley's & Co. London". Green rib diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically, in blind on the lower, and in gold and in black on the upper. The same design is used for the title lettering as for the 1864 edition, within a smaller rectangle, with a fillet in black around its perimeter. The spine has the title blocked in relief within ribbon-shaped gold lettering-pieces.
- Production date
- 1864
- Dimensions
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Height: 222 millimetres
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Thickness: 25 millimetres
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Width: 160 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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The British Library copy of this work is at shelf mark 11601.h.1. It has the same design blocked , but no binder’s ticket.
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For descriptive details of the binder’s ticket, see: Ball, Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings. London, Library Association, 1985, Appendix E, Nineteenth Century Edition Binders’ Signatures.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Months illustrated by pen and pencil.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.229