Bookbinding by Vincent Williamson of Eton, c. 1635
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 6 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
Description
Field, Richard Of the church, five bookes. Oxford: William Turner, 1635. Folio, early 17th century calf by Vincent Williamson of Eton, double gilt fillet enclosing gilt blocked stamp of olive tree with suspended tablet inscribed "Noli Altum Sapere", slight dampstaining, very worn, lacking spine
Footnote
Note: The Williamson binding reproduced in Bearman and Krivatsy Fine and Historic Bindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992, 2:4, has the device on the covers. The gilt-blocked stamp of an olive tree with a tablet handing from its branches inscribed "Noli altum sapere", based on the device of the Estienne family, was adopted by the publishers Bonham Norton and his cousin John Norton.