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NameMorocco Leather in Early Modern Britain (Brown)
DescriptionThis layer maps the provenance of morocco leather, a luxurious bookbinding, across early modern Britain up to 1800. It is drawn from a range of library catalogues, and includes a number of approximations which are explained in detail as necessary. This layer only includes brown morocco bindings.
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ContributorNat Cutter
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Added to System2022-10-27 13:04:47
Updated in System2022-10-27 13:11:10
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CreatorNat Cutter
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Contactnat@cutters.org
Citation
DOI
Source URL
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Date From1500
Date To1800
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LicenseCC-BY-NC-SA
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Date Created (externally)2022-10-27

Details

Latitude
51.51683
Longitude
-0.10017
Start Date
1703
End Date
1703

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1702
Binding Date Full
1702
Binding Date Explanation
Presentation copy
Binding Type
Binding Colour Simplified
Brown
Owner Start Full
1703
Owner End Date Full
1703
Owner Date Explanation
Presentation copy
Owner
Elkanah Settle (1648-1714)
Owner Location
St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield
Owner Location Explanation
Unknown residence, but regularly ran pageants at Bartholomew Fair around this time and was closely associated with the event, so may have lived nearby. Source: Abigail Williams, ‘Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724)’, ODNB, online, last updated 4 October 2008, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25128
Book Location
State Library of Victoria
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier
MBPV0003

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbed4
Linkback
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER3477641
Created At
2022-10-27 13:04:56
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.51923
Longitude
-0.12238
Start Date
1703
End Date
1703

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1703
Binding Date Full
1703
Binding Date Explanation
Presentation copy
Binding Type
Binding Colour Simplified
Brown
Owner Start Full
1703
Owner End Date Full
1703
Owner Date Explanation
Presentation copy, but after his arrival in London in April 1703. Source: Colin HBrampton Bryan, ‘Paget, William, seventh Baron Paget (1637–1713)’, ODNB, online, last updated 3 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21124.
Owner
William Paget, 7th Baron Paget (1637-1713)
Owner Location
Bloomsbury Square, London
Owner Location Explanation
His London residence, where he died in 1713. He possibly held this book somewhere in Staffordshire as Lord Lieutenant, but the location (if any) of his residence is unknown. Source: Colin HBrampton Bryan, ‘Paget, William, seventh Baron Paget (1637–1713)’, ODNB, online, last updated 3 January 2008, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21124.
Book Location
State Library of Victoria
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier
MBPV0004

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbed5
Linkback
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER3477641
Created At
2022-10-27 13:04:56
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.88702
Longitude
0.32987
Start Date
1703
End Date
1718

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1703
Binding Date Full
1703
Binding Date Explanation
Presentation copy
Binding Type
Binding Colour Simplified
Brown
Owner Start Full
1703
Owner End Date Full
1718
Owner Date Explanation
Presentation copy, after presentation to William Paget and his return of the book to Elkanah Settle
Owner
Banaster Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (c.1642-1718)
Owner Location
Little Easton, Essex
Owner Location Explanation
The region of his country seat after succeeding to the peerage in 1699, and place of burial in 1718. Source: Gillian Hampson and Geoffrey Jaggar, ‘MAYNARD, Hon. Banastre (c.1642-1718), of Little Easton, Essex’, History of Parliament Online, accessed 29 August 2022, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/maynard-hon-banastre-1642-1718
Book Location
State Library of Victoria
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier
MBPV0005

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbed6
Linkback
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER3477641
Created At
2022-10-27 13:04:56
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.51602385
Longitude
-0.113277791
Start Date
1759
End Date
1759

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1759
Binding Date Full
1759
Binding Date Explanation
Earliest gift from Hollis V to Harvard, bound in a markedly different style (catalogue).
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Brown
Owner Start Full
1759
Owner End Date Full
1759
Owner Date Explanation
See binding date explanation.
Owner
Thomas Hollis V (1720-1774)
Owner Location
Lincoln’s Inn, London
Owner Location Explanation
Hollis V's estate was at Corscombe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hollis_(1720%E2%80%931774). However, he spent most of his adult life living at Lincoln’s Inn. http://www.natgould.org/thomas_hollis_1720-1774
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbed7
Linkback
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990061668510203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:04:56
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.50455452
Longitude
-0.126046414
Start Date
1769
End Date
1685

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1644
Binding Date Full
c. 1644
Binding Date Explanation
Book case leather described as 'contemporary'. High likelihood that it dates to the presentation binding to Prince Charles (Charles II).
Binding Type
Box/Case
Binding Colour Simplified
Brown
Owner Start Full
c. 1644
Owner End Date Full
1685
Owner Date Explanation
Publication date and owner's death date.
Owner
Charles II
Owner Location
Whitehall, Westminster, London
Owner Location Explanation
Charles II resided at Whitehall Palace after Restoration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Whitehall
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbed8
Linkback
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990044358640203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:04:56
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.40173023
Longitude
-0.655360223
Start Date
1787
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1653
Binding Date Full
1640-1667
Binding Date Explanation
Binding is 'contemporary'.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Brown
Owner Start Full
1774-1799
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
Malone's ownership period inexact, but his inheritance from 1774 gave him leisure time for literary pursuits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Malone
Owner
Edmond Malone (1741-1812)
Owner Location
Sunninghill, Berkshire
Owner Location Explanation
Malone's residence upon moving to London. See link in Owner Date Explanation.
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbed9
Linkback
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990078735120203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:04:56
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39
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