{"product_id":"richard-allestree-whole-duty-man-london-1675-123542","title":"The Whole Duty of Man,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eheart-shaped red morocco bookplate\u003c\/h4\u003eA beautiful example of Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration binding of red goatskin, the covers panelled in gilt with an all-over design of floral vines; appearing through the front pastedown, a charming heart-shaped goatskin bookplate incorporating the initials 'A' and 'E'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tooling in the central rectangular panels shares similarities with a gilt roll more commonly employed to decorate the borders on a number of bindings of this period. (See nos 104, 107, 114, 117 and 199 illustrated in The Henry Davis Gift: Volume II, ed. Mirjam M. Foot (1983)).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, 2pp. publisher's ads to rear, red morocco heart-shaped bookplate lettered in gilt to board under front pastedown appearing through paper, monogrammed blindstamp to front free endpapers, a little toned; contemporary red goatskin, covers panelled in gilt with an all-over design of floral vines, enclosed in double gilt filet borders, gilt spine in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, upper-joint a little weak, very good; [16], 503, [9]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eESTC R5032.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALLESTREE, Richard.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57398820929911,"sku":"123542","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123542_01.jpg?v=1787245232","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/richard-allestree-whole-duty-man-london-1675-123542","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}