Persian MS 881 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Binding

Probably bound in Britain, possibly for former owner William Hunter.

Endpapers of medium-weight, natural ivory-coloured, straight-grained paper watermarked with a crown above a decorative staff, and countermarked ‘S. Wise & Patch’, of Stacey Wise (1783–1842) in partnership with Christopher Patch (fl. 19th c.) who then operated the Padsole Mill in Maidstone, Kent, with ~15 laid lines per 20 mm and 25 to 28 mm between chain lines.
160 × 65 mm.
170 × 30 mm.
Sewn on three recessed cords, laced into pasteboards. Edges roughly trimmed, and front-bead red and white endbands stitched at head and tail. Covered in full calfskin leather, tighbacked and tight-jointed.

Spine panels blind-tooled with Greek meanders and with dashed lines and dash-and-dot decorative lines on either side on the spine, with the same repeated on the boards, with the smaller lines on interior only.

331 × 228 × 37 mm.

Handle binding with caution. In fair but stable condition with broken head and tail caps, broken headband, extensive exterior abrasion, joints cracking, stains, and bottom corners bumped.