Case W3
- Hard Material Bindings
The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. London: Christopher Barker, 1589.
This well-worn, partially disbound copy of the 1589 edition of the Geneva Bible has been placed in a carved wooden portfolio over the original binding. The wooden case probably dates from the early twentieth century.
The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. London: Christopher Barker, 1589.
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The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. London: Christopher Barker, 1589.
This well-worn, partially disbound copy of the 1589 edition of the Geneva Bible has been placed in a carved wooden portfolio over the original binding. The wooden case probably dates from the early twentieth century.
The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. London: Christopher Barker, 1589.
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Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture. Amsterdam: Hendrik Burgers, Isaak van de Potte, Cornelis Oterlyk, en Compagnie, 1739.
This Dutch Bible from 1739 has a rare and unusual binding made entirely of tortoiseshell with metal hinges and clasps, with all edges gilt and gauffered.
Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture. Amsterdam: Hendrik Burgers, Isaak van de Potte, Cornelis Oterlyk, en Compagnie, 1739.
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A parting gift. London; Edinburgh; New York, 1874.
This pocket book of poems has an unusual binding - of Mauchline Ware. The sides are of varnished wood bearing fern designs; the spine, of red pebble-grained leather, has been blocked in gold.
W. & A. Smith, of Mauchline, Ayrshire, developed the manufacture of transfer printed wooden ware which became hugely popular in Victorian times with affluent travellers as gifts and souvenirs. In later forms, photographs replaced transfers.
