Bookbinding by J. and J. Leighton Designed by W. Leighton, circa 1852
€ 485
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1852
Mapmaker / artist
P. Justyne, draftsman; F. Bedford, lithographer
Publisher
Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen, London
Technique
Chromolithograph
Coloring
Printed color
Sheet size
34 × 51.5 cm (13.4 × 20.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14491-96
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Strong age toning, the paper a warm buff, with a few foxing spots in the margins and handling wear to the bottom left corner.
About this sheet
This is an original antique chromolithograph of a bookbinding by J. and J. Leighton of London, published in London by Day and Son about 1852. The landscape plate shows two covers side by side, one gold tooled on a cream and blue ground with gothic corner ornaments, the other blind and gold tooled on dark blue with a geometric strapwork panel, so that two quite different binding styles are compared on one sheet.
The plate comes from The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century, Matthew Digby Wyatt's record of the Great Exhibition of 1851, issued in parts by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, between 1851 and 1853 and dedicated by permission to Prince Albert. Wyatt had been secretary to the executive committee of the Exhibition, and the work presents, in the words of its title, the choicest specimens produced by every nation, drawn by a team of artists and reproduced in chromolithography, then a new and costly process. Every plate carries its own publication date in the imprint at the foot, with the names of M. Digby Wyatt as director and of the artists who drew or lithographed it.
The lettering names the binders, J. and J. Leighton, and the designer, W. Leighton.
Strong age toning, the paper a warm buff, with a few foxing spots in the margins and handling wear to the bottom left corner.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
