{"product_id":"lewis-life-and-sufferings-of-john-wiclif-clarendon-press-1820-rodwell-oxford-binding-j-r-abbey-copy","title":"Lewis – Life and Sufferings of John Wiclif – Clarendon Press, 1820 – Rodwell Oxford Binding – J. R. Abbey Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLEWIS, John.\u003c\/strong\u003e The History of the Life and Sufferings of the Reverend and Learned John Wiclif, D.D.; together with a Collection of Papers and Records relating to the said History. A new edition, corrected and enlarged by the author. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1820. Octavo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particularly handsome Oxford copy of John Lewis's important early biography of the theologian and religious reformer John Wiclif, bound in richly decorated straight-grain morocco by the comparatively little-recorded \u003cstrong\u003eOxford binder J. Rodwell \u003c\/strong\u003eof St. Clement's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark blue morocco binding is extensively decorated in gilt and blind, with broad geometric and foliate borders to both boards, a blind-tooled central panel, richly gilt spine compartments and gilt turn-ins. The volume retains Rodwell's printed binder's ticket. Rodwell bindings are uncommon, with relatively few examples appearing in institutional and auction records. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the celebrated library of Major John Roland Abbey (\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1898–1969), with his engraved armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription, “\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRob.t Marriott 1821,” to the title page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exact copy was offered by Maggs Bros. in its 1981 catalogue \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvincial Bookbinding in Great Britain: Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, catalogue 1014, item 62. The corresponding pencilled notation “62\/1014” remains on the front flyleaf. A second notation, “288\/1075,” appears to record a subsequent catalogue appearance, although that entry has not been traced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding rubbed and worn at the joints, board edges, corners and spine ends, with areas of surface loss, particularly along the outer edges; the elaborate gilt decoration nevertheless remains striking and substantially intact. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA short crack is present at the head of the front joint, but both boards remain firmly attached.  Front endpapers bright; rear endpapers lightly marked. Scattered foxing and spotting internally, heavier around the portrait frontispiece, title page and adjoining leaves. Ownership inscription to title and pencilled annotations to the front flyleaf, as described. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAll edges gilt; red endpapers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographic note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo (approximately 22 cm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of John Wiclif. xxxii, 389, \u003cspan class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[11]\u003c\/span\u003e pp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaggs Bros., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvincial Bookbinding in Great Britain: Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, catalogue 1014 (London, 1981), item 62.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Ramsden, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBookbinders of the United Kingdom (Outside London), 1780–1840\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1954), p. 143.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58021484233086,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_0347.jpg?v=1789294030","url":"https:\/\/reservoirbooks.store\/products\/lewis-life-and-sufferings-of-john-wiclif-clarendon-press-1820-rodwell-oxford-binding-j-r-abbey-copy","provider":"Reservoir Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}