Binding
Contemporary, English
City or Locale: Cambridge
Workshop: Antwerp Binder
                    
                    

Stamps

Other details
  Covering: calf
  Endbands: saddle-stitched
  Boards: oak
  Supports: tanned thongs
  Edges: yellow
  Binding waste: none
  Text finish: none
                      

Notes: Use of tanned leather thongs (rather than tawed leather) for sewing supports was very common in English bindings of the period.
For more on this binding go to the English section of the website.