| ISBN |
9780954731083 (set : hbk.) |
| Author |
Barber, Giles |
| Title |
The James A. de Rothschild bequest at Waddesdon Manor, the National Trust : printed books and bookbindings / [by] Giles Barber ; based on work started by Graham Pollard ; with editorial contributions from Rosamund Griffin ... [et al.] |
| Publisher |
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire : Rothschild Foundation, 2013 |
| Physical desc. |
2 v. ; ill. (some col.), facsims., port., geneal. table ; 32 cm. |
| Series |
The James A. de Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor [13] |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
V. 1: Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, his books and their bindings. The collecting of ancien régime books in Baron Ferdinand's time -- Baron Ferdinand as a book collector: the evidence -- An overview of Baron Ferdinand's books by subject -- The graphic arts and the book: Baron Ferdinand's library -- The provenances and associations of books in Baron Ferdinand's library -- The Parisian bookbinding trade in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Gilding, doublures and endleaves -- The seventeenth century and its legacy -- French styles of the early eighteenth century -- Mid-eighteenth-century French mosaic bookbindings -- The dentelle style -- The Deromes, father and son, their styles and tools -- Mid-eighteenth-century moves towards the greater mechanisation of gilding -- The signing of bookbindings -- Bindings, other than French ones, at Waddesdon -- Bookbinders' tools. On the study and recording of bookbinders' tools -- Tools lists 1 to 18 -- List of former owners -- List of booksellers' traces -- General index -- v. 2: The catalogue -- The general arrangement of the catalogue -- Catalogue entries 1 to 790. |
| Person as subject |
Rothschild, Ferdinand -- Baron -- 1839-1898 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| De Rothschild, J. A. (James Armand) 1878-1957 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Rothschild, James A. de -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Corporate name |
Waddesdon Manor (Waddesdon, England) -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Fine bindings -- France -- Catalogs |
| Fine bindings -- England -- Catalogs |
| Bookbinding -- France -- 17th century -- Catalogs |
| Bookbinding -- France -- 18th century -- Catalogs |
| Bookbinding -- England -- 17th century |
| Bookbinding -- England -- 18th century |
| Bookbinding -- France -- 18th century |
| Bookbinders -- France -- History |
| Rare books -- France -- 17th century -- Catalogs |
| Rare books -- France -- 18th century -- Catalogs |
| Rare books -- England -- 17th century -- Catalogs |
| Rare books -- England -- 18th century -- Catalogs |
| Added name(s) |
Pollard, Graham |
| Griffin, Rosamund |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Waddesdon Manor (Waddesdon, England) |
| National Trust (Great Britain) |
| Series Added Entry |
Waddesdon catalogue series |
