Einband –
Dunkelgrüner Maroquineinband mit goldgepr. Rückenschild, reicher
Rückenvergoldung, goldgepr. Deckelfiletten, blindgepr. Deckelornamentik,
Kantenvergoldung und Goldschnitt (signiert: Seton, Edinburgh). Inhalt:
Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de. Ètudes de la Nature. Paris, Firmin Didot
Frères c. 8°. [2] Bl., 563, (1) S.
Prachtvoller Schulpreis-Einband des
bedeutenden schottischen Buchbinders Robert Seton II. (1806-1854), seit
1833 Buchbinder von König William IV. – I’ll begin with James Taylor
Seton (1805-1862), who was born in Edinburgh, the son of Robert Seton
I, a bookbinder active until about 1817, and his wife Margaret Taylor –
evidently a daughter of James Taylor, another Edinburgh binder, active
from about 1782 until about 1825. … His younger brother, Robert Seton II
(1806-1854), took over the Mound Place premises and evidently fared
rather better. He advertised himself as Bookbinder to the King from
1833 until the death of William IV in 1837, and adding bookselling to
his binding activities. He married Grace Wilson (1818-1903), the
daughter of a local merchant, in 1841, in which year he also began to
publish books as well as sell and bind them. By 1851, he was employing
twenty men and women. But then, in July 1854, at the age of
forty-seven, Robert Seton died“ (Laurence Worms, Ash Rare Books, The
Bookhunter on Safari). – Schulpreis-Etikett auf dem vorderen Spiegel,
hinteres Gelenk oben etwas eingerissen, sonst sehr gut erhalten.
Gute Ware
alles bestens!
