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Title

The Vicar of Wakefield

By

Oliver Goldsmith

With a Preface by

Austin Dobson

And Illustrations by

Hugh Thomson

[Vellucent (Painted Vellum) Binding by Cedric Chivers – Reprint Edition]

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Author

Oliver Goldsmith

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Year of Publication

1894

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Publisher

London: Macmillan and Co.

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For full description see below - after all photographs

Description:

London: Macmillan & Co, London, 1894, Reprinted Edition.

Preface by Austin Dobson.

Full vellum vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath with their name blind stamped to the first front free end paper. Boards, as is often the case, bowed and tight, the spine slightly faded and the boards with an aged patina, slightly yellowed to the front board and reddish to the rear board with marks and wear consistent with the age of the volume. The spine has faded. Images of olive trees to the spine and both boards.

Marbled end papers and paste downs with gilt edges to the inside boards, a signature to the second end paper followed by the half-title, some minimal folding to the page edges, visible to the top edge, and smog tanning and foxing.

xxiv,[2],305,[7]pp, with 182 illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

“James Edwards of Halifax patented a technique for painted vellum bindings in 1785. He soaked the area to be painted with water to which a small quantity of pearl ash had been added and pressed the vellum…which made the skin virtually transparent. The vellum was then painted to the flesh side of the skin, so that whe the book was bound, the painting was protectedbetween the vellum and the cover of the book….”

“Chivers revisited the technique of using transparent vellum, but bound over painted paper panels, giving the name ‘vellucent’ to this technique…” Brian Cole [Aspire to the Beautiful p78].

Approximately 7 ¾ inches tall.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – good condition – structurally sound, gilt titles to slightly faded spine, the ‘I’ in ‘Vicar’ is dark, minor marks, panel with olive tree in art nouveau style.
• Joints – good condition – sound.
• Corners – god condition – gently worn.
• Boards – fair to good condition – bowed and unevenly faded, with olive tree panels in an art nouveau style.
• Page edges – good condition – top edge darkened gilt, others untrimmed.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – tight and secure, in the classic duro-flexile Cedric method with jaconette hinges (see page 21 of B. Cole “Aspire to the Beautiful”).
• Paste downs – good condition – marbled, gilt dentelles.
• End papers – good condition – marbled, blind stamp for 'Cedric Chivers, Bookbinders, Gay St. Bath' to a front free end paper.
• Title – good condition – gently tanned and foxed.
• Pages – good condition – gently tanned with some foxing throughout, some folded edges.
• Binding – good condition – attractive.
• See photos

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1894
Binding: Hardback

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