1. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Covers, DA28.1.N4 Cage. General Description An 18th century publisher's (?) pictoral blocked paper binding. Beige paper, on which are four pictorial woodcut prints, over pulp boards. Period 18th century Call Number DA28.1.N4 Cage Author Newbery, John, 1713-1767. Title A new history of England; from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the end of George the IId. Adorned with cuts... Created / Published London : printed for T. Carnan, 1785. Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=131533 Provenance Purchased by H. C. Folger in 1924 from Davis & Orioli, London, Catalogue 18, no. 116. Technical Description Sewn on two cords laced through two holes in the boards, with the ends of the slips pasted back towards the spine. Separate pastedowns. Spine glued up without liners. Boards covered in beige paper printed in red prior to covering. Dimensions 100 x 65 x 15 mm. Decorative Description Paper-covered boards with four different woodcut scenes. Upper cover, a woman teaching two girls to dance (at top); a seated woman and a boy holding a book. Lower cover, a cockfight scene (at top); a robed man leaning on a cane giving or receiving something from a man on horseback. All surrounded by a variety of printers' ornaments. Other Details Ruari McLean illustrates this book in Victorian Publishers' Book-bindings in Paper, Berkeley, 1983, p. 18, but the woodcut illustrations on the covers differ from those on this copy. Literature Toronto Public LiToronto Public Library, The Osborn Collection of Early Children's Books, Vol. 2, 1975, p. 789. Literature Folger 17:3 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992). Binding Terms (RBMS) Cords -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Decorated papers -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Printed papers -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Woodblock printed papers -- 18th century.

2. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Covers and spine, INC A186.2. General Description 18th or early 19th century half leather binding with sprinkled paper sides. Period 18th century (late) to 19th century (early) Call Number INC A186.2 Author Albertano, da Brescia, 13th cent. Title [De arte loquendi et tacendi] Tractatus de arte loque[n]di et tacendi. Created / Published Impressus ac finitus Colonie : Per Henricum Quentell, anno Domini 1491. Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=89131 Provenance Bookstamp on t.p. verso: Bibliotheca Ducalis Gothana; bookstamp on front cover, gold tooled, of letter E or G and prince coronet, with date 1776. Purchased in 1956. Dimensions 209 x 150 (shoulder to foredge) x 60 mm Covering Material Calfskin binding. Sewing Sewn on five raised supports. End Papers Single folded handmade laid paste-down and flyleaf. Decorative Description Sprinkled half leather calfskin binding with sprinkled paper sides. On the front cover is a gold stamped coronet-covered letter E with the date 1776. The spine has a beige title label with the letters ARS, LOQ all gilt. In the panel underneath is gilt the letters COLO 1491. Above and below each band is a gilt broad leaf tool. Binding Terms (RBMS) Calf bindings -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Calf bindings -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Gold tooled bindings -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Gold tooled bindings -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Quarter bindings -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Quarter bindings -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Raised bands -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Raised bands -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Sprinkled papers -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Sprinkled papers -- 19th century.

3. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Cover, INC A636 c.2. General Description Contemporary papercase binding. Period 15th century (late) Call Number INC A636 copy 2. Author Angelo Carletti, 1411-1495. Title [Summa angelica] Summa Angelica. Created / Published Uenetijs i[m]pressa : [Per] Georgiu[m] de Arrivabenis Mantuanu[m], anno D[omi]ni M.cccc. nonagesimo, secundo, die vero quarto Iunij [4 June 1492] Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=89273 Provenance Mark of ownership on t.p., faded, partially illegible "[... ?] oliuerij de [... ?], et amico[rum]". Dimensions 168 x 122 x 60 mm Sewing Sewn on three double alum tawed thongs cut off at the shoulder. Cover laced on only at the endbands. Headbands Linen back bead wrapped endband (laced through the covers) sewn on alum tawed thongs. End Papers No flyleaves. Paste-down sewn with a narrow stub pasted underneath. Paper spine liners adhered under paste-down. Decorative Description Contemporary papercase binding. Other Details Housed in a mylar-spine phase box. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- 15th century.

4. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Headband, INC A636 c.2. General Description Contemporary papercase binding. Period 15th century (late) Call Number INC A636 copy 2. Author Angelo Carletti, 1411-1495. Title [Summa angelica] Summa Angelica. Created / Published Uenetijs i[m]pressa : [Per] Georgiu[m] de Arrivabenis Mantuanu[m], anno D[omi]ni M.cccc. nonagesimo, secundo, die vero quarto Iunij [4 June 1492] Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=89273 Provenance Mark of ownership on t.p., faded, partially illegible "[... ?] oliuerij de [... ?], et amico[rum]". Dimensions 168 x 122 x 60 mm Sewing Sewn on three double alum tawed thongs cut off at the shoulder. Cover laced on only at the endbands. Headbands Linen back bead wrapped endband (laced through the covers) sewn on alum tawed thongs. End Papers No flyleaves. Paste-down sewn with a narrow stub pasted underneath. Paper spine liners adhered under paste-down. Decorative Description Contemporary papercase binding. Other Details Housed in a mylar-spine phase box. Binding Terms (RBMS) Headbands -- 15th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- 15th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Worked headbands -- 15th century.

5. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Cover, INC L22. General Description Mid 19th century decorative paper case binding. Country / Style Germany Period 19th century (early to mid) Call Number INC L22 Author Leto, Giulio Pomponio, 1428-1497. Title [Grammaticae compendium] Pomponius Laetus Ranalio Canonico Patauino, Superioribus annis uolumi[n]a queda[m] gra[m]matices Romanae scripsi... Created / Published Venetiis : Per Baptistam de Tortis, 1484 die ultimo Martii [31 March] Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=90257 Provenance Autograph of H.C. Hoskier on front free endpaper with his date "Jan 1903" and his bibliographic notes (no. 85 in the Sotheby sale catalog of his library, June 1908); bookplate of W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924. Dimensions 219 x 147 x 11 mm Covering Material Paper. Sewing Sewn on two tapes. Originally on three raised bands. Headbands None. End Papers Folded beige paper hooked around the first and last section. Decorative Description Decorative blue/green wood block print over a red and yellow stripe background. Binding Terms (RBMS) Decorated papers -- Germany -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- Germany -- 19th century.

6. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Cover, INC R144. General Description 18th century decorative paste-paper. Country / Style Germany Period 18th century Call Number INC R144 Title Repetitiones totius juris canonici capitulorum. Electissime ac exuperantissime pluriu[m][que] fructuu[m] feraces repetitiones excelle[n]tio[rum] totius iuris canonici capituloru[m] : ab illustribus etia[m] nouissimis elaborate ac promulgate auctoribus. Created / Published [Paris] : Venundantur autem hec repetitiones in vico Sancti Iacobi in intersignio Lupi apud Poncetu[m] Le Preux expensis cuius fuerunt impresse, [not before 1512] Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=79747 Provenance W.T. Smedley; purchased in 1924. Dimensions 191 x 139 x 51 mm Covering Material Half-sheepskin leather and decorative paste-paper. Sewing Sewn on five raised cords laced into the boards. Headbands Blue and white linen with front bead. Edge Treatment Light red speckle. End Papers Single flyleaf and pastedown. Decorative Description The edges of the leather along the spine have been blind tooled repeatedly with a double line fillet, above and below the cords on the spine the same tool was used and ends in a "V" join on the boards. Binding Terms (RBMS) Decorated papers -- Germany -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- Germany -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- Germany -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paste papers -- Germany -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Quarter bindings -- Germany -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Raised bands -- Germany -- 18th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Sheepskin bindings -- Germany -- 18th century.

7. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Decorative paper cover, INC T337. General Description 17th century decorative paper half-leather binding. Country / Style Italy Period 17th century Call Number INC T337 Author Tibullus. Title [Elegiae] Albii Tibulli equitis Romani poetae clarissimi Liber primus. Created / Published Brixiae : Impressum per Boninu[m] de Boninis de Ragusia, anno Salutis 1486 die xviii. Februarii. Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=90674 Dimensions 280 x 190 x 12 mm Covering Material Half brown sheepskin with Kattunpapier decorative paper sides. Sewing Sewn on five recessed cords. Edge Treatment Speckled red. Decorative Description The smooth spine is divided in to six panels with an amorphous triple or quadruple gilt line pallet. The title, author and date are gilt in the second panel. In the center of the other panels is a large azured six pointed star. The sides are covered in a "Kattunpapier" of a leafy design around a yellow square with pink circle and a pink round design with a six pointed star. Binding Terms (RBMS) Decorated papers -- Italy -- 17th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Half bindings -- Italy -- 17th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- Italy -- 17th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- Italy -- 17th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Quarter bindings -- Italy -- 17th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Sheepskin bindings -- Italy -- 17th century.

8. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Open covers, STC 13502. General Description Early 19th century English armorial binding with the crest of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, quarter-bound in calfskin. Country / Style England Period 19th century (early) Call Number STC 13502 Author Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528. Title The schoole of skil: containing two bookes: the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill. Created / Published At London : Printed by T. Iudson, for W. Iaggard, 1599. Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=160312 Provenance Inscription on t.p.: 'W. Bayntun Greys Inn' [William Bayntun]; item 259, clipped from bookseller's catalogue describing this copy, pasted to front free endpaper: bought by Folger in 1902 from Leighton Catalogue, Pt.1:259. Dimensions 183 x 135 x 22 mm Covering Material Quarter brown calfskin and marble paper. Sewing Sewn on five single raised hemp cord supports. Headbands Pink and white silk with a front bead sewn over a reed core. Edge Treatment Speckled red. End Papers Two blank flyleaves and a single paste-down. Decorative Description The quarter-leather cover has nonpareil marble paper colored in red, green, blue, and yellow sides. The spine is divided into six panel with the author and title gilt on a red leather label in the second panel. The date is gilt in the third panel. All the other panels are framed with a double gilt line and filled with the gilt crest of Richard Colt Hoare (a griffin head). Other Details Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 December 1758 – 19 May 1838) was an English antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveler of the 18th and 19th centuries, the first major figure in the detailed study of the history of his home county, Wiltshire. Binding Terms (RBMS) Armorial bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Calf bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Decorated papers -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Marbled papers -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Quarter bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Raised bands -- England -- 19th century.

9. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Caption Spine (detail), STC 13502. General Description Early 19th century English armorial binding with the crest of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, quarter-bound in calfskin. Country / Style England Period 19th century (early) Call Number STC 13502 Author Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528. Title The schoole of skil: containing two bookes: the first, of the sphere, of heauen, of the starres, of their orbes, and of the earth, &c. The second, of the sphericall elements, of the celestiall circles, and of their vses, &c. Orderly set forth according to art, with apt figures and proportions in their proper places, by Tho. Hill. Created / Published At London : Printed by T. Iudson, for W. Iaggard, 1599. Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=160312 Provenance Inscription on t.p.: 'W. Bayntun Greys Inn' [William Bayntun]; item 259, clipped from bookseller's catalogue describing this copy, pasted to front free endpaper: bought by Folger in 1902 from Leighton Catalogue, Pt.1:259. Dimensions 183 x 135 x 22 mm Covering Material Quarter brown calfskin and marble paper. Sewing Sewn on five single raised hemp cord supports. Headbands Pink and white silk with a front bead sewn over a reed core. Edge Treatment Speckled red. End Papers Two blank flyleaves and a single paste-down. Decorative Description The quarter-leather cover has nonpareil marble paper colored in red, green, blue, and yellow sides. The spine is divided into six panel with the author and title gilt on a red leather label in the second panel. The date is gilt in the third panel. All the other panels are framed with a double gilt line and filled with the gilt crest of Richard Colt Hoare (a griffin head). Other Details Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 December 1758 – 19 May 1838) was an English antiquarian, archaeologist, artist, and traveler of the 18th and 19th centuries, the first major figure in the detailed study of the history of his home county, Wiltshire. Binding Terms (RBMS) Armorial bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Calf bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Decorated papers -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Marbled papers -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Paper bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Quarter bindings -- England -- 19th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Raised bands -- England -- 19th century.