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"
