- Museum number
- 1992,0406.68
- Description
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Cook, Eliza. Poems. Selected and Edited by the Author. Illustrated by John Gilbert, J.Wolf [i. e Joseph Wolf], H.Weir [i.e. William Harrison Weir], J.D.Watson [i.e. John Dawson Watson], etc., etc. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, Farringdon Street; and 56, Walker Street, New York, 1861. London: Printed by Richard Clay. Bread Street Hill. viii,408p. In the “List of Illustrations” on pages v-vi, additional artists providing illustrations are: Johann Baptist Zwecker, Richard Principal Leitch, Edward Duncan, R.Pheney [i.e probably Richard Pheney], S. Read [i.e. probably Samuel Read], H. H. Armistead. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. Robin de Beaumont has noted the following proof plates are in the Dalziel Archive: 1860, nos.1126-1206. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: The design is by John Leighton. Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: "/ Bound by/ Edmonds & Remnants,/ [rule]/ London/." [Ball no. 31A2.] Blue morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers identically blocked in gold and in relief. Three gold fillets are blocked on the borders. Inside this are: 1. a border of three fillets, with repeating dots blocked in gold, between the first and second fillets 2. a border fillet blocked in blind on the sides and on the tail 3. a border of five fillets, with repeating dots blocked in gold between the second and the third fillets. Straps are formed on each corner by these multiple fillets and dots. A raised pattern of gold hatch ivy leaves and stems surround the centre. The centre circle is formed by multiple gold fillets, with more elaborate straps blocked above and below it on the centre head and on the centre tail. The centre circle has fillets blocked in gold on its borders, and inside, there are three hatch gold lettering-pieces containing lily-like flowers. Also within the circle, a trefoil is formed by three fillets blocked in gold, the middle of which has repeating dots blocked in relief. The words "/ Poems/ by/ Eliza Cook/" are blocked in relief within three gold lettering-pieces with single gold fillets blocked on their borders. Hatch gold decoration surrounds these lettering-pieces. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters underneath the title. The spine is blocked in gold. Two gold fillets are blocked on the perimeter. Three groups of elaborate straps are blocked in gold on the head, the middle and near the tail. Each is formed by two gold fillets with repeating gold dots blocked between them. On the upper part of the spine, the words: "/ Poems/ by/ Eliza/ Cook/" are blocked in relief within four rectangular gold lettering-pieces - all being blocked within hatch horizontal gold panel. Beneath this, the word: "/ Illustrated/" is blocked in relief within a rectangular gold lettering-piece, which has a single fillet blocked in relief on its borders - both blocked within gold hatch decoration. Signed "JL" in gold as separate letters near the tail. At the tail, the words: "/ Routledge & Co./" are blocked in relief within a rectangular gold lettering-piece, which has a single fillet blocked in relief on its borders - both blocked within a rectangle formed by a single gold fillet.
- Production date
- 1861
- Dimensions
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Height: 230 millimetres
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Thickness: 40 millimetres
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Width: 180 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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The British Library copy of this work is at shelf mark 1347.i.16. http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000015624&ImageId=ImageId=55164&Copyright=BL
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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, p. 176..
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King, Edmund M.B. The Book Cover Designs of John Leighton, F.S.A. In: The British Library Journal, vol.24, no.2.Autumn 1998, p. 238.
http://www.bl.uk/eblj/1998articles/pdf/article15.pdf
McLean, Ruari. Victorian publishers’ book-bindings in cloth and leather. London, Gordon Fraser, 1974, p. 85.
Pantazzi, Sybille. John Leighton, 1822-1912. A versatile Victorian designer: his designs for book covers. In The Connoisseur, Vol. 152, April 1963, p. 268.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Poems. Selected and Edited by the Author.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.68
