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[EDWARDS OF HALIFAX BINDING]. MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R.Tonson, 1759.
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[EDWARDS OF HALIFAX BINDING]. MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost. Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R.Tonson, 1759.
4o (247 x 177mm). Near-contemporary vellum by Edwards of Halifax bindery, covers with gilt pentaglyph and metope roll border on blue wash background enclosing a gilt vine-leaf border, gilt Bacchanalian goat mask upper cornerpieces and Sphinx lower corner pieces, upper cover with central portrait of Milton painted under the vellum in grisaille, the lower cover showing Apollo playing a Lyra, smooth spine gilt lettered on a blue wash background, remaining spine divided by a vine-leaf roll tool filled by small ornamental classical tools, marbled paper linings, GILT EDGES WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Strawberry Hill; near-contemporary green morocco slipcase. Provenance: T. Thornhill (bookplate); Charles George Milnes Gaskell (bookplate, and presumably ink note in regards to Thornhill sale on blank margin on bookplate).
James Edwards patented his method of rendering vellum translucent in 1785 (though it was certainly in use several years prior to this). This involved soaking the vellum in pearl ash solution and pressing it heavily. The decoration could then be painted on the underside of the vellum, with the result that it was completely protected from dirt and scratches. The vellum was then lined with paper and the book covered in the normal way, usually with a "French-groove" and laced-in vellum slips. Most examples have a gilt border of a "Greek-key" or one of several variations of metope and pentaglyph roll tooled over a wash background. A very fine copie of the second Baskerville edition, Gaskell 6.
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James Edwards patented his method of rendering vellum translucent in 1785 (though it was certainly in use several years prior to this). This involved soaking the vellum in pearl ash solution and pressing it heavily. The decoration could then be painted on the underside of the vellum, with the result that it was completely protected from dirt and scratches. The vellum was then lined with paper and the book covered in the normal way, usually with a "French-groove" and laced-in vellum slips. Most examples have a gilt border of a "Greek-key" or one of several variations of metope and pentaglyph roll tooled over a wash background. A very fine copie of the second Baskerville edition, Gaskell 6.