The Holy Bible Containing The Old And New Testaments.

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A scarce papier mache binding. Pearl 24mo. 5.8" x 3.6" x 1.2" [15cm x 9.5cm x 4cm] . With an image of Jesus to each board, surrounded by foliage and ecclesiastical decorations. Original leather spine with four raised bands and gilt title: "Holy Bible". Gilt and gauffered page edges. Marbled endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Soiled printed title within double ruled border. Clean English text throughout in double columns, with only light soiling from age and previous use. New testament titl-page also dated 1848. Bound with: "The Psalms Of David. Approved By The Church Of Scotland. Edinburgh.1848." A rare example of papier mache binding and gauffered decoration. Referenced and dated via: Bibliography Book of Common Prayer by D.N.Griffiths 1848/2 ** Victorian Gothic Revival "Papier Mâché" Binding, Sunday October 4th, 2009, by Paul Watson: One of the fashions of the "Gothic Revival" during the mid-1840s to 1860s was for "monastic" style bindings that imitated the Medieval wooden book covers. Rather than reproducing these in wood, the Victorians (presumably for reasons of cost and mass production) recreated this style with Plaster of Paris and a filler (possibly papier-mâché and antimony?), which was then formed in a rigid frame usually made of metal. Another source suggests they were made from "fibrous plaster and paper pulp reinforced with metal". I suspect some more research is needed on my part! The technique was patented by the British firm J. Jackson & Son. Print runs of over 1000 were needed to offset the expense of producing the complex molds, according to bookbinding historian Bernard Middleton. From what I can find out, the technique seems to be especially associated with the British illustrator and illuminator Henry Noel Humphreys (1810 1879). Humphreys was influenced by his study of medieval manuscripts during a stay in Italy as a young man. The finished results have been described as resembling "nothing so much as cast iron" (Bookbinding in the British Isles: sixteenth to the twentieth century, Part 2. London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1996) . N° de ref. del artículo 53122

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