Duodecimo (12MO) Smaller than an octavo, typically less than six inches tall smaller formats, such as 24mo and 32mo, are uncommon.Doublure Pastedowns made not of paper but of leather, for decorative purposes.Colophon Printed note at the end of a text containing information about the printing of the book.A-C, for example, would indicate a quarto volume composed of three signatures or gatherings of eight pages each for a total of 24 pages. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book’s composition by its leaves and signatures, rather than its pages. Collation Process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents and/or plate list, and reference works.Chromolithograph Lithograph printed in colors, typically three or more.Reverse calf, with a distinctive suede-like texture, is occasionally used. Readily marbled (“tree calf”), mottled, diced, colored, polished, tooled in gilt or blind, even scented (known as “russia”). Calf Binding material made from cowhide-versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain.
Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Four contemporary cabinet albumen print photographs present (two inserted into the “Family Portrait” matte leaves at rear, two others laid in, one of which is still in the photography studio’s original glassine envelope).Ī beautiful copy of an impressive production. With “Family Temperance Pledge”, family record pages. It is probably the text most commonly found in decorative family Bibles such as this one, which, in addition to featuring numerous Bible study helps (dictionary, concordance, chronological and genealogical tables, biographical essays, and so on), is generously illustrated with woodcuts-many full-page-after such noted artists as Dore, steel-engraved plates and 22 color plates, often gilt-accented. “Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart” (Campbell, 275). Profusely illustrated and elaborately gilt-decorated late 19th-century American family Bible-the beloved King James text, augmented by comprehensive Bible study aids.įirst published in 1611, the King James Version of the Bible has exercised an incalculable impact on piety, language and literature throughout the English-speaking world. Thick quarto, original brown morocco over heavily embossed wooden boards, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and boards, raised bands, beveled edges, watered silk endpapers, engraved silver clasps and catches, all edges gilt. The Pronouncing Edition of the Holy Bible. ORNATELY BOUND AMERICAN FAMILY KING JAMES BIBLE, CIRCA 1890, EXTENSIVELY ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS, STEEL ENGRAVINGS AND 22 COLOR PLATESīIBLE.
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