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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
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Various collectors
Abstract
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The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
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Title
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The Great Chronicle of London
Abstract
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In July, 1890 the Zaehnsdorf business relocated to new bespoke premises in the Cambridge Circus area of Central London, near Charing Cross Road. Called ‘The Cambridge Works’, the building housed a basement, where the folding, sewing and collating (traditionally called ‘Women’s work’) took place; the ground floor with its showroom and offices; and the upper floors which included the forwarding, covering and finishing departments, all bathed in natural light from the many windows. Joseph William Zaehnsdorf retired in 1920 and his eldest son, Ernest (1879-1970), took over, having entered the business in 1896. Zaehnsdorf’s continued trading until its merger in 1983 with Sangorski and Sutcliffe, a binding business established in 1901 (see Cabinet 10).
Creator
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Edited by A. H. Thomas and I. D. Thornley
Publisher
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London: Printed by George W. Jones
Date
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1938
Identifier
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Special Collections Oversize DA677 GS48
Binder's signature
Bindings
Special Collections
Zaehnsdorf
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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
Contributor
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Various collectors
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
Dublin Core
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Title
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The Hundredth Story of A. E. Coppard
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Francis Sangorski (1875-1912) and George Sutcliffe (1878-1943) met in 1897 at a bookbinding class taught by Douglas Cockerell and both were subsequently employed by him. An economic downturn in 1901 brought retrenchment but the pair managed to set up on their own in London in the same year, trading as Sangorski & Sutcliffe (S&S). Initially S&S imitated Cockerell’s style but went on to develop their own sumptuous style which included the use of precious and semi-precious jewels and inlays and onlays of coloured leather and gilding. This S&S bound book is quarter bound in emerald green morocco (sadly not one of their jewelled bindings); the initials of the author, A. E. Coppard (1878-1957) and the Golden Cockerel Press were included on the cover paper designed by Tirzah (Eileen Lucy) Garwood (1908-1957) a talented artist and wood engraver; the binder’s stamp (pictured) has been struck on the bottom of the inside front cover.
Creator
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A. E. Coppard
Publisher
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Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press
Date
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1931
Identifier
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Special Collections PR6005 O55 H86 1931
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Bindings
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Special Collections
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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
Contributor
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Various collectors
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Marston-Moor
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
In 1893, Douglas Cockerell (1870-1945) began his bookbinding apprenticeship under Thomas Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery. Four years later he established his own business. Mentored by Cobden-Sanderson (1840-1922), who studied bookbinding with Roger de Coverly (b. 1831), who was an apprentice of Joseph Zaehnsdorf, Cockerell favoured the traditional methods of bookbinding to create durable volumes of very high quality. The front and back covers of this volume, bound by Cockerell, are sparsely but precisely decorated with a blind-tooled trefoil and gold dot design aligned with each of the five raised bands. It has two gold fillet lines, widely spaced, running around the inside of the front and back covers with three dots in each corner and has his gold-tooled signature motif and year of binding on the inside back cover.
Creator
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Payne Fisher
Publisher
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[London]: Thomae Newcomb
Date
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1650
Identifier
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de Beer Eb 1650 F
Binder's signature
Bindings
Douglas Cockerell
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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
Contributor
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Various collectors
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Parables of Our Lord
Abstract
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The 32 richly coloured chromolithographed pages of Henry Noel Humphrey’s <em>Parables of our Lord</em> (1847) are bound in a black polished calf with blind-stamped design bevelled boards. This publication, with its centre oval gilt title, was bound by James Hayday (1796–1872), who operated in premises at 31 Little Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. He liked books to lay flat when opened, and to achieve this effect he often sewed the books all along every sheet. To remedy the extra thickness that would be caused by sewing with thread, he used silk. To make the back tight he dispensed with the ordinary backing of paper, and fastened the leather cover down to the back. Hayday became famous for his bindings.
Creator
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___
Publisher
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London: Longman & Co.
Date
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1847
Identifier
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Special Collections BT373 E5 1847
Binder's signature
Bindings
Special Collections
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Title
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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Various collectors
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
Dublin Core
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Title
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L’Adamo: Sacra Rapresentatione di Gio. Battista Andreini Fiorentin
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Zaehnsdorf’s had a reputation for producing first-class bindings by highly skilled craftsmen. Many Zaehnsdorf bindings are housed in libraries and private collections around the world and this volume, a rebound copy of Andreini’s <em>L’Adamo</em> (the inspiration for Milton’s <em>Paradise Lost</em>) is a signed ‘Zahensdorf (sic)’ binding; a small inscription on the flyleaf identifies it as such. Fully bound in brown leather, the front and back covers are decorated with the same, almost geometric, design which includes blind- and gold-tooling; the turn-ins are highly decorated in gold; and the edges of the text block are gilt, which was not only aesthetically pleasing but a feature which helped to keep out the dust.
Creator
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Giovanni Battista Andreini
Publisher
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[Milan]: Geronimo Bordoni
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1617
Identifier
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de Beer Itb 1617A
Binder's signature
Bindings
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Title
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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Various collectors
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Poems
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
During her working career, Eleanor Joachim exhibited her bindings in New Zealand and Melbourne for a variety of arts clubs and societies but her output diminished after the 1920s. The open volume above, a copy of <em>Poems by Mr Gray</em>, shows Joachim’s trademark tooled cipher with her initials and the date of binding. The copy of <em>The Open Road</em> is an excellent example of Joachim’s beautifully executed decorative style. Fully bound in brown morocco, this volume’s front cover design is made up of at least six separate tools, all worked individually by hand. Joachim worked from paper patterns she drew and overlaid onto the leather cover; her workbook housed in the Hocken Library contains many of her extant patterns.
Creator
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Thomas Gray
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
London: Printed for J. Dodsley
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1768
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
de Beer Eb 1768 G
Binder's signature
Bindings
Dunedin binders
Eleanor Joachim
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Title
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From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding. Online exhibition
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Various collectors
Abstract
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The book that has the earliest English binding in New Zealand was printed in Venice in July 1481. Its binding is dark-brown calfskin over wooden boards. The spine has four raised bands, with a late 19th century red label attached. There are remnants of two catches and clasps. The end-leaves are vellum and paper. Within a central block design the blind stamped punches of birds, animals, and floral designs are arranged singly in horizontal rows. There are blind-stamped fillets. Somehow, this book ended up in Oxford, England, where about 1482 it gained its covers from a 15th century bookbinder called the Rood and Hunt Binder. Not only does the text (a Commentary on the Bible) carry the earliest English binding in New Zealand, but it carries within its pages fragments of indulgences printed by William Caxton, England’s first printer, c1480.
Wooden boards, raised bands, end-leaves, vellum, blind-stamped, and fillets are all part of the language of the bookbinder. An exhibition entitled From Pigskin to Paper: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding will begin at Special Collections, University of Otago Library on 20 December 2012. The exhibition aims to decode the jargon used by bookbinders, and showcase the creative ‘art and craft’ skills evident in all aspects of the binding process, from forwarding (construction) to finishing (decoration). To highlight the processes, a wide cross-section of binding styles will be exhibited, from the 1481 Rood and Hunt binding and 16th century European samples, to publisher’s case-bindings and those styled art nouveau. Books bound by local Dunedin binders will also feature. The exhibition runs to 22 March 2013.
There is an increasing amount of scholarly work done on the binders who create the outer garments that contain (and protect) the text-block. There is also more intensive work done examining the structural components of bindings, especially by conservators. Whether they are hand-bound calfskin, pigskin, or vellum examples from the hand-press period (and thereby unique objects), or machine-made mass-produced ones from the early 19th century, bindings do provide information on the book trade, how books were sold, how they were to be used, what were the prevailing fashions, what tools the binder owned, and in cases, the owner’s taste and standing. Indeed, as book historian David Pearson claims: ‘all historic bindings are potentially interesting, however fine (or not) they look’.
Each major library in New Zealand has its fair share of decorative, fine bindings, with the name of the binder often stamped inside: Zaehnsdorf; Sangorski & Sutcliffe; Cockerell. There are also those books known to be bound by famous binders such as Samuel Mearne, Roger Payne, or Charles Lewis. Of course, the vast majority of bindings are simple, plain, and functional, and carry no signature or famous name. If not a recognisable publisher’s house-style, most of them remain anonymous representatives, silent witnesses to the past.
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Endymion: A Poetic Romance
Abstract
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The most famous S&S binding was known as the ‘Great Omar’– a copy of Omar Khayyám’s <em>Rubáiyát.</em> Commissioned by an American and taking two years to complete, the volume was heavily bejewelled and gilded and on completion it was sent to America on the <em>Titanic</em>. It has never been recovered. Sadly Sangorski drowned not long after the <em>Titanic</em> tragedy, and Sutcliffe carried on the business. After a stroke in 1936, his nephew Stanley Bray (1907-1995) took over. This volume of Keats’ <em>Endymion</em> was bound by S&S under Bray’s aegis in 1947. It is quarter-bound in white vellum with maroon coloured buckram on the covers; the spine title is in gold with gilt crescent moon and star, and cockerel motifs; the front cover is adorned with an imprint of Diana/Cynthia, as goddess of the moon, with a crescent moon in her hair and stars and planets surrounding her.
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John Keats
Publisher
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London: Golden Cockerel Press
Date
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1947
Identifier
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Special Collections PR4834 E7 1947
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