A Narrative of the Loss of the Winterton East Indiaman, Wrecked on the Coast of Madagascar in 1792

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Narrative of the Loss of the Winterton East Indiaman, Wrecked on the Coast of Madagascar in 1792

Entry/Object ID

2017.0.40

Description

256 pages. Some plates, illustrations, 1 folded map, tipped in before title page.

Collection

Representative Bindings

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Parts

Book block, front and back covers.

Book Details

Author

George Buchan

Publisher

Waugh and Innes

Place Published

City

Edinburgh

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Date Published

1820

Binding

Binding Type

Recessed Cord

Binding Notes

Quarter binding of brown leather and brown stone-marbled paper with delicate dark veins. Boards entirely separated from text block. New endpapers attached to text block - have not been cut to size. Book appears to have been abandoned midway through a repair job. Spine is completely gone, visible spine lining of a striped cloth. Spine skiver in green leather with gold tooled title between front cover and endpaper, in separate container. Possible colored edge on head only.

Notes

Pencil note in front cover "C148/ By George Buchan/[...] 1 plate"

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

George Buchan