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Title	The life of man : symbolised by the months of the year in a series of illustrations by John Leighton, and pourtrayed in their seasons and phases, with passages selected from ancient and modern authors.
Description	Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Green sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in gold and black. On the borders are blocked: 1. 'dog-tooth' pattern in gold; 2. a black fillet, with repeating diamonds and dots blocked in relief within it - all between two gold fillets. These black and gold fillets frame numerous panels on the inner borders and on the corners. There are patterns of plant and hatch leaves blocked in gold in the panels. Medallions, formed by two gold fillets, are blocked on the centre head, centre tail, and on the sides. Each medallion has horizontal gold hatch and the head of a figure blocked in relief within; these are: 1. an infant; 2. a schoolboy; 3. a father; 4. an old man. A shield on each corner is formed by two gold fillets, with small hatch leaf and stem decoration blocked between these fillets. Horizontal gold hatch is blocked within each shield, plus trees representing the four seasons. The central mandorla is an onlay of red sand-grain cloth. Around
Cover Designer	Leighton, John, 1822-1912
Author	Pigot, Richard
Publisher of Original	Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer
Place of Publication	London, England
Date Original	1866
Printer	Bradbury, Evans & Co.
Binder	Edmonds & Remnants
Illustrator	Leighton, John, 1822-1912
Measurements	225 x 288 x 45 mm.
Call number	PEATTIE NO.16
Material	Book cloth Sand grain Green Red
Technique	Beveling Gold blocking Gilding Blocking Hatching
Style/Period	19th century
Subject	Bookbinding--England--19th century--Specimens
Design element	Almond-shaped Fillets (Bookbinding) Strapwork Plant-derived motifs Medallions (Decorative arts) Infants Schoolchildren Fathers Shields Monograms Hour-glasses Panels (Ornament areas) Leaves Stems Trees Lozenges Dots (Art) Adam, biblical figure Eve, biblical figure Apples Crosses Serpents Skull Armor Circle Zodiac Floral patterns Gothic scripts Pennants
Coverage-Geographic	England
Type	Still Image
Current repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries
Collection	Decorative Nineteenth Century Trade Bindings
Bibliographic record	http://info.library.mun.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?user_id=REMOTEWEB&searchdata1=ocm03086295{001}
Digital Date	2005
CONTENTdm file name	258.cpd