Lacon;: or Many Things in Few Words; Addressed to Those Who Think
by (BINDING, AMERICAN) COLTON, C.C
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About This Item
New York: Charles Wells, 1836. First American stereotype edition. 12mo. xvi, [1], 18-493, [1] pp. Contemporary American straight-grained black morocco, covers with gilt roll border and elaborate cartouche centerpiece, gilt-lettered and tooled spine in four compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, a.e.g.; front joint rubbed and starting with some evidence of repair to hinge, front cover tips worn, some spotting and toning to text A circa 1836 New York binding with a distinctive Romantic cartouche centerpiece. Lacon, a collection of hectoring and pious platitudes, was a popular Victorian gift book. This 1836 New York edition is sometimes found in an embossed panel binding by Barrit & Co. of London (see Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks, no. 76 and the AAS copy). As Wolf conjectures, the books were not bound in London, but rather the publisher Charles Wells, who was also a bookbinder, imported the plates from London and bound the volumes locally. The present binding may have been done by Wells though I have been unable to trace any of the tools on this binding to his shop.PROVENANCE: Leon Schaefler (book-plate)REFERENCE: Shoemaker 36834
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100398
- Title
- Lacon;
- Author
- (BINDING, AMERICAN) COLTON, C.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American stereotype edition
- Publisher
- Charles Wells
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1836
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...