Receipt for bookbinding prepared by J. Henderson and Bisset, Hill St, Edinburgh
Scope and Contents
This Edinburgh bookbinders receipt, part-printed and completed in ms, acknowledges payment for binding five works including Racine in half-French calf, Fables de la Fontaine and Public General Statutes for £1 7s 9d and lettering the contents.
A single sheet, lined blue-tinted paper-stock, engraved royal crest, decorative italic, shadow and gothic title fonts, folded for sending.
Dates
- Creation: 1879-1880
Creator
- J. Henderson & Bisset, Bookbinders (Edinburgh)nn (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.
Biographical / Historical
James Henderson & William Bisset & Co., Edinburgh, were Bookbinders to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Initially, James Henderson, bookbinder, conducted business at 25 James Square, in 1824, at 4 West Register Street and in Craig's Close, 1825. The firm of Henderson, Bisset & Co., were located at 12 West Market Street in 1826, and in Mound Place from 1827 to 1829. then, Henderson & Bisset, was located at East Mound Place, in 1830, at 21 George Street, 1831-36, and then at 19 Hill Street, 1837. While Bookbinders to Her Majesty they conducted business at the same address, 1838-92, and then at 51 North Hanover Street, from 1893 until the 20th Century.
Henderson was said to have been a pupil of Charles Lewis (1786–1836), a prominent English bookbinder.
The National Library of Scotland has a specimen book of their binding tools 1860.
Extent
1 item
Physical Location
CLX-A-1470
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from Alastor Rare Books, Lymington, June 2015. Accession no: E2015.48.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 12 June 2015
Creator
- J. Henderson & Bisset, Bookbinders (Edinburgh)nn (Organization)
- Title
- Printed and ms receipt relating to bookbinding done for John Martin, Chester Street, by J. Henderson & Bisset, Hill Street, Edinburgh, 1879-1880
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
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