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Works of the Late Reverend Mr. Samuel Johnson [original]
Binding: good to very good ; brown leather binding, Cambride-style panel ; blind tooling on front and back covers ; some rubbing on back cover ; bumped corners
Spine: very good ; brown leather with red leather onlay ; 5 raised bands with gold…
Spine: very good ; brown leather with red leather onlay ; 5 raised bands with gold…
Traitte Des Bibliotheques [original]
Binding: poor ; boards are covered in marbled paper ; bumped corners ; wear along edges and on front of boards
Spine: poor ; spine covering has been removed ; sewing structure with sewing tapes exposed
Textblock: good ; some discolouration and…
Spine: poor ; spine covering has been removed ; sewing structure with sewing tapes exposed
Textblock: good ; some discolouration and…
Title Unknown, leather-bound book [original]
Binding: good ; bound in wooden boards covered loosely with brown leather ; leather shows some wear including rubbing and a few holes
Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration
Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…
Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration
Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…
The Works of the English Poets [original]
Binding: fair to good ; paper covered boards ; some spotting ; bumped corners ; some wear on edges ; front cover loose
Spine: poor ; covered removed ; exposed sewing
Textblock: good to very good
Contents: The Poems of Edmund Smith ; The…
Spine: poor ; covered removed ; exposed sewing
Textblock: good to very good
Contents: The Poems of Edmund Smith ; The…
The St. Albans Psalter [facsimile]
Binding: good to very good ; some staining ; bumped corners ; cracked hinge (back cover) ; three very small areas of damage that appear to be holes
Spine: good to very good ; cloth bound ; some fraying n side of front cover ; "THE ST. ALBANS…
Spine: good to very good ; cloth bound ; some fraying n side of front cover ; "THE ST. ALBANS…
The Silent Sleep [original]
Protected in plastic bag ; leaves very good to near fine ; printed on 1 piece of paper watermarked: "CERTIFICATE Royale [9]6% COTTON [CONTENT]" ; evidence of light bending at bottom corners
Lyrics: "They sleep, they sleep the silent sleep. They…
Lyrics: "They sleep, they sleep the silent sleep. They…
The Psalter, Old Testament [original]
Fair to very good; parchment (or vellum) folio of manuscript ; partial sewing evident ; rubrication ; illumination with gilt details ; legible script ; some bleeding of ink and rippling of pages most likely due to humidity/moisture damage (possibly…
The History of the Desertion [original]
Binding: good to very good ; leather bound (brown) ; a small hole in back cover (board visible) ; some cracking ; rubbed edges ; some visible wear ; embossed border and designs on front and back cover ; end papers contain print (seem to be discards…
The Historical and Chronological Theatre of Christopher Helvicus [original]
Binding: good to very good ; brown leather ; Cambridge-style panel ; blind tooling ; some wear on edges
Spine: good to very good ; brown leather ; 5 raised bands (some rubbing) ; "THEATRE OF CHRISTOPHE HELVICUS" in gilt in one compartment ; "1687"…
Spine: good to very good ; brown leather ; 5 raised bands (some rubbing) ; "THEATRE OF CHRISTOPHE HELVICUS" in gilt in one compartment ; "1687"…
The Gospel of Mark 14.43-47, New Testament [original]
Good ; double-sided calfskin vellum sheet with musical notations ; rubrication ; hand-written
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textures of your pandemic experience
A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.