Giambattista Geraldi Cinthio, Hecatommithi, 1580 - binding
A continental binding contemporary with Shakespeare.
Vellum was occasionally used for decorative bindings, especially on the continent of Europe. This binding, probably from Venice, has neat gilded ...
Knitting Patterns
Knitting patterns in a brown envelope, for knitting baby clothes, c.1930-1939. The envelope contains brown paper knitting patterns and a copy of Best Way magazine with instructions for knitting baby clothes ...
Lace-Making Pillow
A barrel shaped lace-making pillow covered in a cotton fabric with blue printed lines and dots. The lace pattern, pins and bobbins are in place.
Leamington Spa. Jephson Gardens
Model of the Houses of Parliament in Jephson Gardens during the lights of Leamington, Leamington Spa. 1951-61
Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 1634 - binding view.
A contemporary expensive decorative binding on a Shakespeare source text
The fine gold tooling, and leather spine label are original to this volume, indicating a wealthy first owner who commissioned ...
Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, 1603 - binding front board
A binding contemporary with Shakespeare, with its owner's blind-stamp mark, dated 1603.
The plain leather boards of this volume are the original binding created for its first owner, whose personal ...
Mirror
This dressing table mirror belonged to the author George Eliot and it is thought to have been carved by her father, Mr. Robert Evans, from an Arbury oak. He was the Land Agent for the Arbury Estate.
George ...
Needle
A metal needle with long slit eyes at each end.
Pack of Plasticine
A long thin length of brown plasticine in a cardboard sleeve, the cover is printed in red and blue.
Pack of Plasticine
A long thin length of brown plasticine in a cardboard sleeve. The cover is printed in red and blue.
Panel
A black lace and beaded panel from the Edwardian period. The panel is triangular in shape with flowers and leaves formed by a beaded pattern.
Pins
A set of seven pins with spaces for three more.
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - binding view
A notable binding contemporary with Shakespeare.
A royal coat-of-arms was stamped in gold on this volume in the seventeenth century. The same gilded ownership coat-of-arms adorns the back as the front ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - binding, front board
The front board of a Shakespearian sourcebook.
The original owner of this book probably purchased it from the printer, a friend of William Shakespeare, Richard Field, or from his publisher Thomas Wight. ...
Point
A point carved from a piece of bone made by prisoners in Warwick Gaol, Warwick. The bone point has a carved boot as the base.
Point
A point carved from a piece of bone made by prisoners in Warwick Gaol, Warwick. The piece is a folding bone point with the holder carved in the form of a dog's head.
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587 - binding back board detail
The craft of the bookbinder in Shakespeare’s time.
Ornamental tools, which had a metal rolling piece were heated over hot charcoal, and then used to decorate the leather ‘blindly’ ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587 - binding view
Books for Shakespeare’s library use.
Large folio volumes such as this were frequently kept in college libraries, or libraries in great houses, often chained to the reading desks. Although the ...