Layer

NameMorocco Leather in Early Modern Britain (Green)
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 green morocco bindings.
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ContributorNat Cutter
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CreatorNat Cutter
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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
54.18847147
Longitude
-2.983683307
Start Date
1609
End Date
1640

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1608
Binding Date Full
1607-1610
Binding Date Explanation
Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1607-1610
Owner End Date Full
1640
Owner Date Explanation
Death date provided in catalogue.
Owner
George Preston (d. 1640)
Owner Location
Holker Hall, Cark, Cumbria
Owner Location Explanation
Owner's family seat listed in Yale BAC page: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:9319785
Book Location
Yale Center for British Art
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbeda
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9319240
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.50455452
Longitude
-0.126046414
Start Date
1619
End Date
1619

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1619
Binding Date Full
1619
Binding Date Explanation
Royal bindings of James I. Presented to Bodleian upon publication (1619).
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1619
Owner End Date Full
1619
Owner Date Explanation
See binding date explanation.
Owner
James I of England (d. 1625)
Owner Location
Whitehall, Westminster, London
Owner Location Explanation
Resided at Palace of Whitehall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Whitehall
Book Location
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbedb
Linkback
https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph014018788
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.75409408
Longitude
-1.254322767
Start Date
1619
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1619
Binding Date Full
1619
Binding Date Explanation
Royal bindings of James I. Presented to Bodleian upon publication (1619).
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1619
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
See binding date explanation.
Owner
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Owner Location
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Owner Location Explanation
Self-explanatory.
Book Location
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbedc
Linkback
https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph014018788
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.50455452
Longitude
-0.126046414
Start Date
1632
End Date
1645

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1632
Binding Date Full
1632
Binding Date Explanation
Dedication copy to Charles I
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1632
Owner End Date Full
1645
Owner Date Explanation
Publication date + Charles I's escape from Oxford.
Owner
Charles I
Owner Location
Whitehall, Westminster, London
Owner Location Explanation
English monarchs resided at Palace of Whitehall in the 1600s.
Book Location
Beinecke Library, Yale
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbedd
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1280447
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
54.42878656
Longitude
-2.962692383
Start Date
1640
End Date
1653

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1608
Binding Date Full
1607-1610
Binding Date Explanation
Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1640
Owner End Date Full
1653
Owner Date Explanation
Provenance details in catalogue.
Owner
Gawen Brathwaite (1583-1653)
Owner Location
Ambleside, Cumbria
Owner Location Explanation
Location given in catalogue.
Book Location
Yale Center for British Art
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbede
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9319240
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.96955452
Longitude
-1.622629427
Start Date
1641
End Date
1644

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1630
Binding Date Full
1637-1664
Binding Date Explanation
Publication dates in catalogue and owner's death.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1637-1644
Owner End Date Full
1644
Owner Date Explanation
Ex dono inscription in catalogue.
Owner
William Juxon, 1st Baronet Juxon
Owner Location
Little Compton, Warwickshire
Owner Location Explanation
Wikipedia page gives details of seat and manors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juxon_baronets
Book Location
St John's College, University of Cambridge
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbedf
Linkback
https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph012952468
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
54.32075469
Longitude
-2.559044442
Start Date
1653
End Date
1724

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1608
Binding Date Full
1607-1610
Binding Date Explanation
Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1653
Owner End Date Full
1724
Owner Date Explanation
Catalogue listing, presumably by inheritance. Genealogy page shows death date: https://www.otway.com/family/378.html
Owner
Elizabeth (Brathwaite) Otway (1637-1724)
Owner Location
Ingmire Hall, Sedbergh, Cumbria
Owner Location Explanation
Husband owned Ingmire Hall at time of his will: https://www.otway.com/family/375.html
Book Location
Yale Center for British Art
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee0
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9319240
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
54.32075469
Longitude
-2.559044442
Start Date
1724
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1608
Binding Date Full
1607-1610
Binding Date Explanation
Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1724
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
Catalogue listing, genealogy pages above.
Owner
Catherine (Otway) Upton / Upton Family
Owner Location
Ingmire Hall, Sedbergh, Cumbria
Owner Location Explanation
Ingmire Hall passed into possession of Uptons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingmire_Hall
Book Location
Yale Center for British Art
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee1
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9319240
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
52.13730576
Longitude
-0.975888144
Start Date
1753
End Date
1785

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1632
Binding Date Full
1632
Binding Date Explanation
Dedication copy to Charles I
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1753
Owner End Date Full
1785
Owner Date Explanation
Listed as owner in catalogue. Probably inherited book from his father, whose ancestors were Royalists in the English Civil War. His stamp on the binding cannot predate 1753 when he inherited the lordship.
Owner
George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfrey and Lord Lempster (1722-1785)
Owner Location
Easton Neston, Towcester, Northhamptonshire
Owner Location Explanation
Family seat of Fermors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easton_Neston_house
Book Location
Beinecke Library, Yale
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee2
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1280447
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
52.89466204
Longitude
-0.782492575
Start Date
1759
End Date
1770

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1766
Binding Date Full
1766
Binding Date Explanation
Catalogue description (Granby was made Commander in Chief in 1766)
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1759
Owner End Date Full
1770
Owner Date Explanation
Publication date / Owner's death date
Owner
John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721-1770)
Owner Location
Grantham, Lincolnshire
Owner Location Explanation
Owner's family borough, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Manners,_Marquess_of_Granby/ Probably Belvoir Castle
Book Location
University of Oxford, Bodleian Library
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier
MBPV0009

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee3
Linkback
https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph013487592
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.51286437
Longitude
-0.120391386
Start Date
1774
End Date
1779

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1774
Binding Date Full
1774
Binding Date Explanation
Dedication copy suggests binding close to publication date.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1774
Owner End Date Full
1779
Owner Date Explanation
Presumed book dedication date to death of only known 18th c. owner.
Owner
David Garrick (1717-1779)
Owner Location
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Owner Location Explanation
Garrick acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrick
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee4
Linkback
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990029059370203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Book of common prayer.

Type
Other

Details

Latitude
51.50310725
Longitude
-0.087747177
Start Date
1777
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1777
Binding Date Full
c. 1777
Binding Date Explanation
Likely to have been bound close to first ownership inscription (1777). See catalogue.
Binding Type
Full, Box/Case
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1777
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
Owner died in 1800s: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F80003
Owner
John Atkinson Blanshard (1747-1806)
Owner Location
Southwark, London
Owner Location Explanation
Blanshard's son was born in Southwark: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G9F4-VMH/henry-blanshard-1785-1854
Book Location
Bodleian Library, Oxford
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee5
Linkback
https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph013513912
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.36454518
Longitude
-2.764896895
Start Date
1790
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1790
Binding Date Full
1790
Binding Date Explanation
Dedication copy, almost certainly to Hannah More, who gifted it to the second owner in 1820.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1790
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
See binding date explanation.
Owner
Hannah More (1745-1833)
Owner Location
Wrington, Somerset
Owner Location Explanation
Owner's place of residence from 1785: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_More
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee6
Linkback
https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990092780780203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
50.98804373
Longitude
-0.611158183
Start Date
1792
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1792
Binding Date Full
1785-1799
Binding Date Explanation
Binding is 'contemporary', so date estimate follows publication.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1785-1799
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
If Earl of Egremont owned book in the 18th c., this is the only possible date range based on publication.
Owner
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837)
Owner Location
Petworth House, West Sussex
Owner Location Explanation
Home where 3rd Earl housed his art collection and probably his books was Petworth House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petworth_House
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee7
Linkback
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990037230940203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.43822124
Longitude
-0.33491249
Start Date
1796
End Date
1797

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1796
Binding Date Full
1795-1797
Binding Date Explanation
Armorial bindings of Horace Walpole as Earl of Orford (d. 1797)
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1795-1797
Owner End Date Full
1797
Owner Date Explanation
Publication date + owner's lifetime.
Owner
Horace Walpole (1717-1797)
Owner Location
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London
Owner Location Explanation
Walpole's residence at Strawberry Hill House. Too well-known to provenance scholars to need citation here.
Book Location
Lewis Walpole Collection, Yale
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee8
Linkback
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10155004
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39

Details

Latitude
51.2853982
Longitude
-0.124797732
Start Date
1797
End Date
1800

Description

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1797
Binding Date Full
1797
Binding Date Explanation
Author's personal copy, probably bound on publication.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Green
Owner Start Full
1797
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
See binding date explanation.
Owner
Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins (1762-1828)
Owner Location
St Peter and St Paul Church, Chaldon, Surrey
Owner Location Explanation
Author's place of death: https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1470
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier

Sources

TLCMap ID
tbee9
Linkback
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990092727810203941/catalog
Created At
2022-10-27 13:05:44
Updated At
2023-12-11 17:48:39
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