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Title	A record of the Black Prince : being a selection of such passages in his life as have been most quaintly and strikingly narrated by chroniclers of the period, embellished with highly wrought miniatures and borderings selected from various illuminated mss., referring to events connected with English history
Description	The carved cover is taken from one of the compartments of the Prince's tomb at Canterbury, slightly altered by the addition of a label where the title was inserted and by the extra adornment of the mouldings. The turn-ins are blocked in gold. The design is identical for both covers. Two decorated raised borders are separated by a border of bosses. The central rectangle is filled with symmetrical medieval decorative motifs. The coat of arms of the Black Prince is on the centre. The title words are within a ribbon, which is above and on each side of the coat of arms. Above: '\| A Record of \|'; to the sides: '\| Black Prince\| Houmout Ich dien \|'. The spine is plain black leather.
Cover Designer	Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
Author	Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
Publisher of Original	Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
Place of Publication	London, England
Date Original	1849
Printer	Vizetelly Brothers & Co.
Measurements	137 x 195 x 27 mm.
Call number	PEATTIE NO.5
Material	Papier-mache Black Red Paper Leather
Technique	Piercing Blocking Gilding Blind blocking Gold blocking Carving (Decorative arts)
Style/Period	19th century Gothic
Subject	Bookbinding--England--19th Century--Specimens
Design element	Bosses Devices (Heraldry) Leaves Rectangles Moldings Lions Fleur-de-lys Ribbons
Coverage-Geographic	Europe--Great Britain--England
Resource Type	Binding
Source	Print original in the Roger and Marlene Peattie Collection
Type	Still Image
Format	Image/jpeg
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=ocm04009499{001}
Digital Date	2005
CONTENTdm file name	318.cpd