Title | Freshwater Collection |
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Type | Rare Books |
Summary | Decorated publisher’s bookbindings. |
Description | Decorated publisher’s bookbindings. Peter Freshwater, former Deputy Library of the University Library, presented his collection of books with decorated bindings in 2014. There are 180 volumes; the majority are examples of the mass-produced decoration of the nineteenth century, ranging from blind-stamped cloth and leather of the 1820s – 40s, to the gilt and multi-coloured illustrated cloth from the later decades of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. All are catalogued online, with brief descriptions of the bindings. |
Custodial History | Peter Freshwater |
Parent Collection | Rare Books |
Image: Publisher's Binding