Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/24A
Title
‘Frontispieceana’, Vol. 1: engravings, woodcuts, etc., mainly from books, 16th–19th c.
Date(s)
- 1816 (Creation)
- 16th–19th c. (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (34 x 26 cm), containing 216 leaves. The rectos of most of the leaves, and a few versos, have printed leaves or cuttings pasted to them. Half-bound.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Crewe MSS 24A and 24B are Volumes I and II of a series. There is no indication that the series extended any further. The contents of the books were collected by the antiquary James Ford, whose armorial bookplate is pasted inside the front cover of each,… read more
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the spine is stamped ‘Frontispieceana’ and the number ‘1’.
System of arrangement
Foliated 1–12 (the prelims) and 1–200, with three unnumbered leaves at the front and one at the back.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English