Incunabula: bindings index

Listing of bindings by country and then chronologically by century. Follow the shelf-mark link for a full description of each binding.

See listing of bindings from:

England - France - Germany - Italy - Netherlands - Portugal - Scotland - Spain - Switzerland - Place uncertain - Unbound

Place uncertain

15th Century

BD9-a.1

15th/16th Century

BD7-c.1 (item 1) & BD7-c.1 (item 2) (rebacked in 19th/20th century); BD7-d.8 (rebacked in 20th century); Bk5-g.22 (item 1: with 4 further items bound in); Dq-a.16Dw-a.14 (rebacked in 20th century); T.C.L. 237; T.C.L. e2; T.C.L. f1 (rebacked in the 19th/20th century); T.C.L. f65

16th Century

77723163434; 167504; 167505167513; 167514; 167517 & 167518; 167525Ag-y.8; Ak-x.38An-x.18; Ap-x.1BC7-y.11 (item 4); BC14-a.1 (item 1), BC14-a.1 (item 2), BC14-a.1 (item 3), BC14-a.1 (item 4), BC14-a.1 (item 5) & BC14-a.1 (item 6) (restored and rebacked c. 1985); BC29-x.3; BC33-d.11 (restored and rebacked c. 1985); Bd.2.13BD9-a.1BD9-b.5 (repaired in 19th/20th century); Bg.3.21Bh.1.16; Bh.1.17 (item 1) & Bh.1.17 (item 2); Bh20-a.11; Bi6-l.14 (item 2: 1 other item bound in); Bl7-e.3; Bm4-e.3 (item 1) & Bm4-e.3 (item 2) (a remboîtage); Bn6-c.5 (with initials of Guillaume Prousteau added in 17th/early 18th century); Bo1-d.2 (repaired in 20th century); Bw.3.30 (18th-century calf over 16th-century wooden boards); Bw.3.34 (rebacked in the 19th/20th century); Cm.1.2; Da-a.2 (rebacked in 19th century); Dp-b.3; Dq-b.10 (rebacked in 19th century); E.1939.65.1438 (item 1), E.1939.65.1438 (item 2), E.1939.65.1438 (item 3) & E.1939.65.1438 (item 4); E.1939.65.2549Ea7-x.8 (item 1) & Ea7-x.8 (item 2) (rebacked in 19th/20th century); Eg6-a.13; Eg6-d.8 (item 1) & Eg6-d.8 (item 2); K.T. f2T.C.L. 450 (rebacked in the 19th century); T.C.L. f5 (rebacked in the 19th century); X.2.15

16th/17th Century

Bg.3.5; Bg.3.6; Bg.3.19Bl7-e.1; Bw.3.31 (19th/20th century endpapers)

17th Century

167506, 167507 & 167508Ag-y.9; Ap-x.2; BC4-c.21 (item 2) & BC4-c.21 (item 3); BC18-a.2 (?); Bg.3.2; Bg.3.3Bh.2.3; Bh.3.26 (? embroidered book jacket); Bi7-a.2 (rebacked in the 19th/20th century); Bi7-h.21; Bk5-g.13 (item 1), Bk5-g.13 (item 2) & Bk5-g.13 (item 3); Bk6-d.1; Bl7-e.2 (with the initials of Guillaume Prousteau added in 17th/early 18th century); Bo1-d.1, Bo1-d.3 (with gilt initials S.D. stamped on cover; rebacked in 19th/20th century); Bo1-d.4 (with gilt initials S.D. stamped on cover; rebacked in 19th/20th century); Bw.3.5; By.2.1 (rebacked in the 20th century); By.3.38Dk.2.8 (item 1), Dk.2.8 (item 2), Dk.2.8 (item 3) & Dk.2.8 (item 4); Dv-d.14 (rebacked in 19th century)

17th/18th Century

BD7-b.12 (remnants); BD9-b.6; Bf.3.18Bg.2.30 (with the coat of arms of King George III stamped in gilt); Bi2-b.4; Bm5-f.16Bn8-d.2Bw.3.8 (item 1) & Bw.3.8 (item 2); By.3.39; Cm.1.1 (item 1) & Cm.1.1 (item 2)

18th Century

160419160421167509310925Af-f.81; Af-f.84; Ak-a.14; Ak-a.27Al-b.46; An-y.19An-y.21; An-y.30; An-y.31An-y.36 (?); An-y.38; Ap-x.3, 4; Ap-x.5, 6Bb.2.29; Bc.2.1; Bc.2.23; Bc.2.25, 26BD2-f.20 (item 1) & BD2-f.20 (item 2); BD7-c.9BD7-d.21; BD7-d.22; BD7-e.6; BD9-a.2BD9-b.7; BD9-b.11; BD9-d.1 (?); BD9-d.14; BD9-e.2BD9-e.6; BD12-a.13, 14Be.1.1; Be.1.8; Be.1.9; Be.1.13; Be.2.7Be.2.10; Be.2.18 (unidentified armorial crest); Be.3.2Be.3.3Be.3.13; Be.3.15Be.3.28; Bf.1.11; Bf.1.14Bf.2.2; Bf.2.3Bf.2.17; Bf.2.18; Bf.2.20 (rebacked 19th/20th century); Bf.3.12; Bf.3.13 (item 1) & Bf.3.13 (item 2); Bf.3.15 (item 1) & Bf.3.15 (item 2); Bf.3.16; Bg.1.14; Bg.2.1; Bg.2.13Bg.2.23Bg.2.29; Bg.2.31; Bg.3.4Bh.1.4 (rebacked in the 20th century); Bh.1.11; Bh.1.24Bh.3.10; Bh.3.20Bh3-e.13 (item 1), Bh3-e.13 (item 2) & Bh3-e.13 (item 3); Bh3-e.14; Bh3-e.15; Bh7-b.8; Bh8-e.1Bh9-d.9 (item 1) & Bh9-d.9 (item 2); Bl10-c.11; Bl10-d.10; Bv.2.31 (item 1: binding replaced but fragment preserved); Bv.2.31 (item 2: binding replaced but fragment preserved); Bw.1.1; Bw.1.12 (repaired and rebacked Aug. 1987); Bw.1.13Bw.2.5; Bw.2.24Bw.3.2 (item 1) & Bw.3.2 (item 2); Bw.3.4 (?); Bw.3.13 (rebacked in the 19th/20th century); Bw.3.14; Bw.3.21 (item 1) & Bw.3.21 (item 2); Bw.3.22Bw.3.30 (18th-century calf over 16th-century wooden boards); Bw.3.33; Bx.2.2; Bx.2.5; Bx.2.8Bx.2.15; Bx.2.23; Bx.2.24; Bx.2.25Bx.3.3Bx.3.5; Bx.3.7 (item 1: with 1 further item bound in); Bx.3.9; Bx.3.11; Bx.3.16Bx.3.17Bx.3.21Bx.3.23; Bx.3.24Bx.3.42; Bx.3.45Bx.3.46 (item 1) & Bx.3.46 (item 2); Bx.3.47; By.1.14; By.2.9; By.2.17; By.2.20; By.3.4; By.3.6; By.3.8; By.3.13By.3.15; By.3.16; By.3.18 (item 1) & By.3.18 (item 2); By.3.21; By.3.22; By.3.23; By.3.32; By.3.33; By.3.35; Cm.1.4Ds.2.2; Ds-e.14 (rebacked in 19th century); E.1939.65.1430; E.1939.65.1439E.c.44; Eg6-d.18 (sample only); Eg7-b.16; E.x.59 (William Euing’s gilt crest added in 19th century); R.3.4RCPSG: Bookstore IBN(1) & RCPSG: Bookstore IBN(2) (rebacked 20th century); T.C.L. 389; W.2.11 (item 1) & W.2.11 (item 2)

18th/19th Century

167519, 167520, 167521, 167522 & 167523Ah-y.18; BD7-b.13 (rebacked in 20th century); BD7-f.12; BD9-a.4; BD9-c.1BD9-d.9 (item 1) & BD9-d.9 (item 2); BD9-d.12BD12-a.12S.M. 645 (with blind stamps of Sir William Stirling Maxwell)

19th Century

160826167510167511 & 167512; 167526; 167528; 167531 (rebacked in 19th century); Af-a.45Ag-f.18; Ag-y.10; Ag-y.22; Ah-a.73; Ah-b.27Ah-x.12; Ah-y.8Ai-a.27Al-a.23; Al-a.71; Al-b.45Al-b.54; Al-c.7Al-c.8; Al-c.9Al-c.10; Am-z.40; An-c.20; An-e.21; An-x.13; An-x.20; An-y.1; An-y.2; An-y.3; An-y.5; An-y.9; An-y.11; An-y.13An-y.14; An-y.16An-y.24; An-y.25An-y.27An-y.29; An-y.34; An-y.41 (Wodhull arms in gilt on front cover); BC2-f.6 (?); BC3-f.30; BC5-b.16BD2-f.27; BD7-b.8; BD7-b.11; BD7-b.15; BD7-b.16; BD7-c.3; BD7-c.6; BD7-c.7 (item 1) & BD7-c.7 (item 2); BD7-c.10BD7-d.1; BD7-d.14; BD7-e.1; BD7-e.5; BD7-e.13; BD7-e.16BD7-e.19; BD7-e.27BD7-f.3 (Dutch gilt endpapers); BD7-f.8; BD7-f.9BD7-f.11; BD7-f.13 (item 1), BD7-f.13 (item 2), BD7-f.13 (item 3) & BD7-f.13 (item 4); BD7-f.18; BD9-a.9; BD9-d.5; BD9-d.10; BD9-d.11BD9-d.13; BD12-a.7BD15-c.25Bh.3.25; Bx.3.44(?); By.2.22; Dw-g.16; E.1939.65.1381E.c.38Eg7-c.10Mu15-c.22Mu27-e.5Mu38-c.17; RB 3058RCPSG: Bookstore BAR; RCPSG: Bookstore BERRCPSG: Bookstore SERRF 362S.M. 1959 (with stamps in gold of Sir William Stirling Maxwell); S.M. 1984 (with blind stamps of Sir William Stirling Maxwell); T.C.L. 285; T.C.L. e3

19th/20th Century

An-y.7; Mu6-x.16; Mu15-b.16Mu51-d.9

20th Century

32275163761Ak-a.41Bh.3.24Bm1-d.3; E.1939.65.1428Euing Add. q27Mu15-g.27Mu48-b.2; Mu48-b.3; Mu48-b.4