Binding Index - British Library

Binding Index 

This index should be used as a guide only. Some information derives from 

old records and has not been confirmed. 

Please note that some books are resticted, notably shelf marks with the 

prefix ‘Davis’ or ’Collins’. 

Last updated December 2011 by Philippa Marks. 

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y 

| Z 

A 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

A., A. G18877 

A., A. C64dd14, C46a12, C69dd12 

A., E. Davis615 (item 317, c.1762, probably 

made in Liege, monogram 'EA' on a 

mantle under a prince's crown) 

A., H. B. Egerton MS1554 (initials tooled on 

German binding dated 1592, 

Hieremias Buroner of Augsburg) 

A., I. S. Egerton MS1178 (initials of Johannes 

Spon of Augsburg and date 1554 on 

16th century German binding) 

A., K. see Katherine Adams 

A., P. R. G. 11715ee23 (initials ?silver tooled on 

upper cover, crest on lower cover)) 

A., W. S. C33c2 (W S A gold tooled on 

?English/Scottish 16th century 

binding) 

Abbot, Kathy 

Abbot of Ettal 

Monastery 

Binder 

Taylor 22. 

see Placidus Seitz (arms on lower 

cover), Davis643 (emblem of 

Monastery of Ettal on upper cover) 

Abbot of Lambach see Amandus Schickmayer 

Abergavenny, Earl of, 

Nevill 

Aberystwyth County 

School 

Owner C67e19 

Binder Collins 858 

Abich, of Besancon Binder C152g1 (signed), C152g2 (signed)

A Bon Droit G16111 (motto on bookplate with 

arms a chevron below, three leopards 

?heads couped)

Abraham C36d7, C24d7 (engraved on brass), 

C27d1, G7838 

Abraham credidit Deo C68b7 

Abrassart, Jules Owner C188a16 (contemporary Belgian gold 

tooled red morocco presentation 

binding for Jules Abrassart, dated 

1892) 

Abrot Owner C57e10 (by Charles Lewis) 

Abry of Colmar Binder C155g3 (signed) 

Accolti, Cardinal 

Benedetto 

Owner Davis763, C47i14 

Account book binding Add MS37268 (with Tudor roll and 

stamps), Add MS32103 (with Tudor 

roll and stamps) 

Acke, Richard, of 

Kortryk 

Acquarius Binder Cup403n29 

12581t14 (Acke designed binding, 

1926) 

Acqui, see of? Add MS22,275 (arms of Acqui) 

Ad Altiora G15787 

Adam Binder C152g4 (signed) 

Adam, Robert 687i17 (binding designed for George 

III with his arms), 45a7, 137h10 

Adami Binder C68h18, C108f4m, C128e12/1-6, 

Davis240, Davis293-4, Add 

MS43694, Add MS71213-71217 

Adami, Andre Owner Add MS34,055 (arms and initials, 

Adami was Master of Pontifical 

Chapel, 18th century) 

Adams Binder C188a157 (C19th brown calf, prize 

binding: Strat-U[pon]-A[von] Free 

Grammar School) C188a157 

Adams, Franke C124b28, C152g4? 

Adams, James (fl 1738- 

50) 

Binder 

and 

stationer 

C188b78 pasteboard folder

Adams, Katharine Binder C68h18 (signed in blind), C108f4, 

C128e12, Davis239 (item 234, c.1907, 

for Ann Thompson, 'A. T. from K. A.' 

lettered on spine, paste-down on lower 

cover signed K. A.), Davis240 (item 

235, c.1912, signed K. A.), Davis293- 

294 (item 236, dated 1947, signed K. 

A., said to be Katherine Adams's last 

completed work), the BL bindery hold 

Katherine Adams's tools, Department 

of Manuscripts hold Cockerell

Adams, W. J., 59 Fleet 

Street, London Passport 

Agent 

Adelaide, Madame de 

France, d. of Louis XV 

Archive which has correspondence 

between Adams and Cockerell (Add 

MS71213-71217), Add MS43694, 

Add MS71213?, Add MS71216 

(signed) 

Binder Add MS44,913BC (pocket book to 

hold passport stamped with the above 

name and address) 

C47b4, C47f6 

Adlard, J. Binder C150a1 (signed) 

Adler, Rose Binder C129m13, C108eee16, Davis557 

Adolphus Frederick, 

Duke of Cambridge 

Ad usum Reginae 

(Charlotte, Queen of 

George III) 

Owner C29k5, C29k4 

G6327 

Age quod Agis 459g10 (with squirrel crest of Henry 

Blundell) 

Aggredior fortis 

discrimia? grandia 

virtus 

Agnesseau, Henri 

Francois d' (1668-1751) 

Agnew, W & G., 

Arthur Square, Belfast 

Agostino, Ca[??]oni of 

Milan 

C66h13 

Owner ?C46a33, ?G14033, 673a20, 679b1, 

G17532, Egerton MS2211 


Binder C52f2 

Agut, J. B. Owner C68d12 

Aichpichl, Johann Carl 

von 

Aiguillon, Duchesse, L. 

F. de Brehan de Plelo 

Aiken, Sydney, 22 

Dunmore Spa, County 

Down 

Ainsi que tous meurent 

par Adam etc. 

Owner C129m2 (presentation binding 

blocked morocco, dated 1648) 

Owner C69dd8 

Binder 1570/6328 

C18c9 

Aitken, C. J. Owner G11436 

Aitken, J. F. Binder G11436 

Aitken, T. Binder C25a9, C25c27, C37d26, C53a12, 

C55k5, C123a8, 4103aaa42 (name 

stamped on endpaper) 

Alba, Duke of Owner C65g13 

Al-Bajasi, The Amir Owner Davis701

Aytmish 

Albermarle, Duke of Owner C67f5, C67f9 

Albert, Archduke of 

Austria 

Albert III, Duke of 

Baravia 

Owner C68c14, C68a3 

Owner C47k12 

Albert, Prince Owner C42g4 (monograms of Albert and 

Victoria) 

Albert de Luynes, J. B. 

d' 

Owner 245d37-39, 245e18, 245e19, 271c16 

Albrizzi, Alessandro Owner C183b13 (arms on paste paper covers, 

initial W on lower cover) 

Alegria Binder C150f1 (signed), C152g5 (signed) 

Alexander I, Emperor 

of Russia 

Alexander III, Abbas 

?Crenufanensis 

Owner C72a15 (binding stamped with his 

name, commemorative of his visit to 

England in 1814) 

Owner C69e13 

Alexander VII, Pope Owner C108ppp1, C47k17, 12305f25 

Alexaner VIII, Pope Owner see Ottoboni, Cardinal 

Alexandra, Queen Owner C109q8 (presentation binding to 

Queen Alexandra) 

Alexandre, Clement printer, stationer of the University of 

Angers and ?binder, Davis365 

Alhaye, Aine Binder C155f1 (signed) 

Allegria 8155c19 

Allen of Chichester Binder C188a195 

Allen, B. W., of 

Wakefield 

Allen, William, 

Cardinal 


Owner 3901g27 (arms of William Allen) 

Allo C44g11 (signed on inside front board) 

Allport, Margaret, now 

married and 

called Allport Costa 

Almeida, Don Joao de Owner C68d18 

Alsopp, F. F. & Co Binder Cup407c22 

C108y2 painted fore edge (under gilt) 

by Allport 

Altieri, Cardinal Owner see Clement X, Pope 

Alves, Jaime, M., 

Misericordia 114, 

Lisbon 


Alyn, William Owner C108aaa3 (by Jean de Planche?) 

A Ma Vie G4400 (motto with arms of Brittany) 

Amer, Stephen, of 

Birkenhead 

Binder C188a64

American Bindings, 

Wooden Boards 

Ch770/56 (quarter sheep over wood 

with remains of grey paper),

C131ff15, C104cc31 

Amsterdam 199g6,7 (arms of Amsterdam on 

Dutch school prize, 1720), 57l20 

(arms of Amsterdam on Dutch school 

prize, c.1669), Maps98d5, G8964 

(arms), G8044 (arms), G8529 (arms), 

88b3, 165l18, 165n3, 165n5, 53c5, 

197a7, 199f8, C188a11 (arms of 

Amsterdam and other Dutch towns 

and provinces) 

Amsterdam Double 

Drawer Handle Bindery 

Amsterdam Elite 

Bindery 

Amsterdam Pentateuch 

Bindery 

Ancient House bindery, 

Ipswich 

Anderson & Co 

Manchester 

Binder 65a10 

Binder C143a6 

Binder C127g7 


Binder C188b56 

Anderson & Ferrier Binder Collins 754 

Andersson, N. Bernh., 

of Stockholm 

Binder C129mm6, KTC26b 

Andrews, of Durham Binder C110d9, G3506 

Andrews, Frank F., of 

Putney 

Andrus, S. & Son, 

Hartford, USA 

Angel with scroll 

stamp, gold tooled on 

vellum 

Angell, F. W., of 

Cursitor Street, 

Chancery Lane 


Publisher Collins 958 

(and binder?) 

C38a61, C37e57, C108bb12, C65g17 

(1622), ?C20f27 (Sir Julius Caesar's 

travelling library) 

Binder Collins 309 (three vols – so far only 

one has been unpacked - Oeuvres de 

Moliere vol 2 -and binding for this 

one is by Angell) 

D'Anglois, of Chartres Binder C150i1 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings) 

L'Anglois Binder C153h8 (signed), C153h7 (signed 

'L'Anglois of Chartres') 

Angouleme, Duke of Louis-Antoine d'Artois, Duke of 

Angouleme, see Louis-Antoine 

Anisson-Dupegron?, 

Directeur de 

l'Imprimerie Royale 

Owner G9065 (arms)

Annunciation panel C106e12 (16th century, German, 

upper cvoer), 3433de21 (16th century, 

German, lower cover), ?57b6 (16th 

century German), see also rubbings 

files 

Annaly, Lilah, 

Baroness 

Owner Tauch682-83, Tauch3269-70, 

Tauch3472-3, Tauch3632, 

Tauch3692-3, Tauch3338?, 

Tauch3551?, Tauch1263-4, 

Tauch2181?, Tauch4132, Tauch4183- 

4, Tauch4262, Tauch4408 (all bound 

by Birdsall & Son)

Anne, Queen (reign 

1702-1714) 

Anne Autriche, wife of 

Louis xiii 

Anne Boleyn, Queen, 

2nd wife of Henry VIII 

Anne of Denmark, wife 

of James I (b. 1574, d. 

1619) 

Anne, wife of Protector 

Somerset 

Owner C46e28, C65e15, C68b6, C108a8, 

66h2?, C69d4?, C37l13 (?Mearne's 

successor), 223i4, 217e1, 225a14 

(cypher), 59f2, 687l14, 522k21, 16a1 

(Queen Anne's cypher), 43f27 (Queen 

Anne's cypher), 136g6-9 (cypher), 

217e1-4, 59f2 (?Spaniel Binder), 

687l14 (cypher, same decoration as 

136g6-9), 223i4 (cypher), C188b6 

(arms and decorated endpapers), 75i4 

(arms and Anne's motto 'Semper 

eadem'), Davis151 (c.1707, London, 

arms of Queen Anne in the centre), 

Davis138 (c.1709, London, arms of 

Queen Anne in the centre) 

Owner C68k1, G4254 (arms of Louis XIII 

and Anne of Austria), G6685 (initials 

of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria), 

G7075 (initials of Louis XIII and 

Anne of Austria) 

Owner C23a8* (contains facsimile of first 

titlepage (missing from C23a8) and all 

preliminary matter; according to a 

catalogue note, this copy formerly 

belonged to Anne Boleyn), C40e2 

Owner C66d5, C69d4, C77f15, C46e5, 

532k21, C76h3, C128e10 (gold tooled 

arms on vellum), C128e11 (gold 

tooled arms on vellum), Davis692 (by 

Thomas Kniper), C77c10 

Owner C46a7 (with crowned rose and A. S., 

white deerskin) 

Anthony, William Binder Davis304 (item 249, 1963) 

Antonelli, Leonard, 

Cardinal 

Owner C46e11 

Anzeray Owner C67i6 (arms on covers), ?C68a23 

Apollo & Pegasus see Grimaldi, G. B. 

Appleby, W., 3 Stall 

Street, Bath 


Appleyard, A., printer 

and bookbinder in 

Cook Lane, Keighley? 

APRES TRAVAIL 

REPOS 

AQVEL CHE POR TA 

IL NO ME SOPRA LA 

SVA ?CO RON? A 

Binder YA1987a4654 

C65a10 

gold tooled on upper cover of C66e3; 

gold tooling on lower cover reads: 

ESSER IL GRAN DE CRISTI 

ANISSIMO RE DIFRA NCIA

Archange, of 

Marseilles 

Binder C152g6 (signed) 

Archbishop of Armagh see Usher, James 

Archer & Sons, of 

Belfast 

Archers Royal Library, 

19th c. 

ARDOREM 

EXTINCTA 

TESTANTUR 

VIVERE FLAMMA 

Binder C154i1 (Ramsden Collection of 


Binder C188b38 (signed) 

Arias, Hijas C96e4-6, C96e8 

Arias, V. Binder C63g42, C96e4-6 

Arles, city of, arms 707b16, C65gg17 

Arlington, Bennet, Earl 

of 

ARMA 

REDEMPTORIS 

MUNDI 

ARME POUR LE 

ROY 

C33m1 (text and arms of Catherine de 

Medici) 

Owner C108bbb16 

C47c2?, C65c10, C64c6 

C47f22 

Armstrong, Margaret Designer Collins 970 

Armstrong, T. C25b12, C156h10 (signed) 

Armytage, Sir George Owner Tauch3766-67 (bound by Birdsall) 

Arnaude Binder C152g7 (signed), C150f2 (attributed 

to Arnaude) 

Arnold, A., of Lille Binder C155f2 (signed) 

Artaud, of Lyons Binder C152g8 (signed) 

d'Artois, Louis-Antoine see Louis-Antoine 

Arhorton, Jn., of 

Liverpool 

Binder C129d9 

Arundel, Earl of Owner C27f5 (badge), ?C54k1 (arms), 

C128f12 (CH ARVNDEL gold tooled 

on lower cover), C65f9 (signature), 

C23a12 (facsimile signature) 

Ashe, Catherine Owner C108bb5 

Ashendene Press see Florence Paget 

Asklund, Carl, C., Binder Collins 893 

Of Asper, Stockholm Freres Binder C51a4 

Asses skin ?C40a44, ?C20a30 (book printed on 

asses skin) 

Aston, J. Binder C60l5 

Astrakhan arms C64i1

Atelier Bindery Binder C34l23 

Atkinson, I., of York Binder Music E864 

Atkinson, J., of York Binder C154i2 (signed) 

Atkinson, Jeremiah, 

Old Nags Head, 

Leadenhall St, Nr. 

Aldgate 

Atkinson, Thomas, of 

Kendal 



Aubrey, of Salisbury Binder Tauch2742 (for Helen Matilda, 

Countess of Radnor, with binder's 

label), Tauch2126, Tauch2756a-57, 


Tauch2983, Tauch2991, Tauch2999, 


Tauch3073, Tauch3074-75, 


Tauch3202, Tauch3283, Tauch3294-5, 

Tauch3309, Tauch3321, Tauch3322- 

23, Tauch3343, Tauch3348, 

Tauch3361, Tauch3368, Tauch3373- 

74 

Auctorre, Pierre Binder Davis2 (item 2, c.1510) 

Audenet, Alphonse Owner C36e49, C39b14 (monogram), 

C40c49 (Koehler), C33e23, C46a12, 

C69dd12 

Augsburg, arms of Davis689 (c.1505) 

Augsburg, woodcut 

wrappers 

Augouleme, Charles 

D'Orleans-Valais, Duc 

d' 

Augustins, College des, 

Antwerp 

Augustus III, King of 

Poland (reign 1734- 

1763) 

Augustus I, Elector of 

Saxony 

Aulne, A. R. J. Turgot, 

Baron d' 

Aumont, Louis Maris, 

Duc d' 

IB6739 (dated 1494) 

Owner C47i2, C47l10 (or C47e10), C68d10, 

C46a1 

Owner 1509/3195 (coat of arms gold tooled 

and legend S.P.Q.A. GYMNASY 

AVGVSTINIANEI MAEC. PERP.) 

Owner ?84d7-10 (?monogram) 

Owner C46c19, C47k6 (Krause), C67c9, 

C68b12, G17245 

Owner C48c18 

Owner G16104 (arms) 

Aurifex, E. S. Binder C68i13, C69e21, Davis234, Davis269, 

Davis270 

Austin, F. C. Binder C108e9, C108g14 

Austin, F., of 

Faversham 

Binder Collins 8 (?)

Austin, Steven, of 

Hertford 

Binder C188a73, Collins 6 (?), Collins 7 

Austria, House of Or70a18 (arms of a prince of the

House of Austria), 591k7-8, C7a19, 

C17a26 

Austria-Hungary C47f1 (painted arms) 

Austria-Lothringen C48a13 (arms), C7a19 

Austrian imperial arms C154f14 (arms stamped on covers, 

Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Avaux, Jean Antoine de 

Mesmes, Count d' 

AVE MARIA 

GRACIA PLENA 

AVE REGINA CELOR 

AVE DNA ANGELOR 

Avi, J. F. de Madrage, 

Comte d' 

Avintes, Counts of 

portugal 

AVITS VIVET 

HONORE 

C48a9 

C19f13, C51b6 

Owner C46a33 

Owner G14033 

C65d8 (with panel stamp of Virgin 

and Child) 

Stuart de Rothesay 

Avonde Binder C152g9 (Ramsden Collection of 


Aylesford, Earl of 

Aylmer, Henry, Baron Owner 673i11 

Azzolini, Cardinal Owner C47d3 

B 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

B (indicates ‘Burn’) Binder Collins 397 

B., A. Owner C65g15 

B., A. Owner Davis73 (item 129, Oxford c.1679, foreedge 

painting with 'AB' and 'IF', binding 

by Roger Bartlett) 

B., A. Owner Davis105 (item 101, c.1660-1670, 

initials 'AB' in centre), see Roger 

Bartlett 

B., v. A. see for Ann Carrier 

B., B. Owner C51aa11 (tooled on 1577 New 

Testament), 473e13 (Bibliotheque

Bignon) 

B., C. Owner 11388aa12 (16th century stamped calf), 

1607/5997 (initials and IHS shield gold 

tooled on vellum wrapper, Antwerp, 

1590) 

B., E. Owner C67g2, C66b20 

B., E. Owner 1485m23 

B., E. Owner Davis621 

B., G. Owner Add MS17973 (initials and date 1561 

on German panel binding) 

B., G. Binder see George Bermutz 

B., H. Binder Davis621 (item 330, dated 1540, 

Breslau, for Johann Hess, initials 'HB', 

Breslau watermark on endleaves, arms 

of Johann Hess and a smaller armorial 

stamp) 

B., H. C. Owner Egerton MS1210 (initials and date 1590 

on 16th-century German binding) 

B., H. C. Add MS28688 

B., I. Add MS18115 

B., J. (John 

Baumgarten?) 

Binder 30b17, 1071b4 

B., L. C. M. see Edwards (Davis211) 

B., L. 1071b4 

B., L. P. Owner C129mm3 (date 1532 on covers) 

B., N. C128a19 (initials 'NB' gold tooled on 

vellum, 17th century English) 

B., S. Davis65 (item 79, initials 'SB' on gold 

tooled centrepieces, English, c. 1630) 

B., S. Davis105 

B., S. S. Barnard, a binder, worked in 

collaboration with L. Hay-Cooper who 

executed the design and tooling, no 

example in BL but illustrated in The 

Studio 1914, special number, The art of 

the book 

B., E. P. V. Binder Cup504e32 (binder's stamp 'E.P.V.B.-1- 

1933') 

Baboulat, of Lyons Binder C152g10 (signed) 

Bacharach (for 

Henri Comte de 

Chambord) 

Davis553

Backere, Willem de, 

Antwerp, 16th 

century 

C183c9 (heads-in-medallion panel 

signed with initials 'WB') 

Backless binding C24c20 (for Edward VI), C108d35 

(Richard Balley?), C52cc8 (for Francis 

Russell, Second Earl of Bedford) 

Backwell, [Matthew 

Price], 18 East Cliff 

and 25 Little Castle 

Sq., Brigthon 


Bacon, Nathaniall C128a19 

Baden, James von, 

Bishop 

IB37138 (arms quartered with diocese 

of Trier) 

Badoero family Add MS23,769 (arms on Italian 17th- 

century binding) 

Bagguley, G. T., of 

Newcastle-under- 

Lyme 

Binder C69h9, C53a7, C108b4 

Bagnols Owner C67k11 (arms), C68d7 

Bagot, Anthony and 

daughter Mary 

see Edwards (Davis211) 

Bagot, Sir Charles 807e5, Tab614a 

Bagster, London Binder Collins 335, Collins 336, Collins 337, 

Collins 338, Collins 339, Collins 340, 


Collins 344, Collins 345, Collins 346 

Baily, E., of Calne C151a5 (signed) 

Baily, E., of 

Cirencester 

Bailey & Co., R., of 

Wotton 

Bain, A. W., & Co., 

Ltd., London 

Bakala, Ferd., of 

Vienna 

Baker & Son, [J.], 

Clifton 

Binder Collins 10 (?) 

Binder Collins 11, Collins 12, C151a2 (signed) 

Binder Collins 347, Collins 348a, Collins 349, 

C188a166 

C108h6, C119h2 

Binder Collins 13, Collins 14, Collins 15, 

Collins 16 

Balaz, Jozef C127g4 (designed by Jozef Balaz) 

Baldershain, Adolar Binder Davis620 (item 328, c.1535, Leipzig) 

Bale, John, Bishop 

of ?Ossary 

Owner C53gg3 

Balfour & Smellie Binder worked for Edinburgh publishers 

Balfour & Smellie, Davis290 (item 284)

Balley, Richard Binder C108d35, ?C65k13, 17h9, ?C65g19, 

Davis131 (item 141, c.1690, London, 

probably a pupil of Samuel Mearne, 

specialised in so-called backless 

bindings), Davis127-128 (item 134, 

1680s, London, one small floral tool 

which seems indentical with a tool used 

by R. Balley) 

Banbury Charity 

School Binder 

Banks, Alexander, 

Jr., of 

Edinburgh 

Binder C188a207(1-2) 

Binder C97g3, Collins 765, Collins 766, Collins 

767 

Banquemare, N. de Owner G18121? (arms) 

Baptism of Christ 

panel 

C106e12 (16th century, German, lower 

cover) 

Barba, Henri Binder C155f3 (Ramsden Collection of signed

Barbara, Saint, 

panel stamp 

Barberini, Antonio, 

Cardinal 

Barbarus, 

Hermolaus 

bindings) 

C25f7 

Owner C46d23, C47c10, Add MS25310 (arms 

with cardinal's hat on 16th-century 

Italian MS) 

Owner C48f2 

Barclay Binder C108cc7 

Bardet & Boylan Binder C128e22, 11403a23 

Barker, Charles F., 4 

Selwyn Parade, Kew 

Rd., Richmond 

Barker, J., & Co., 

Kensington 

Barlow's Aesop 

Binder 


Binder Collins 353, Collins 354 

Binder C132i63, 671l6, 1Tab5, ?Davis123 

(item 131, c.1680, London, possibly 

bound by Barlow's Aesop Binder) 

Barnes Binder C154i3 (signed) 

Barnes, W. A. Binder Collins 990 

Barns, Roger, of 

Oxford 

Barnikel, J. L., of 

Haverfordwest 


Binder C151a4 (signed) 

Barrington Owner C68a25 (incorporates royal coat of 

arms, family married into Duke of 

Clarence's (1449-1478) line) 

Barratt, T[homas], 

of Oxford 

Binder Collins 18, C109a10, C154i5 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C151a7 

(Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C151a5 (Ramsden Collection 

of signed bindings), C151a6 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings) 

Barratt, W. Binder C154i4 (signed, same as Barrat of 

Oxford?) 

Barritt, of London Binder C109aaa11, Collins 350, C188a163(1-3) 

Barrow, Sir John Owner C60i16 

Barry, Madame du Owner G15332 (arms) 

Barthelemy, 

Magdeleine, wife of 

governor of 

Alencon) 

Bartlett, C.A. of 

Bath 

Owner C129m21 (1661) 

Binder C188b32 (with label)

Barlett, Roger Binder C69ff9, C65f1, Davis73 (item 129, 

c.1679, Oxford, wreath containing 

initials 'IF' and 'AB' onf ore-edge), 

Roger Bartlett settled in Oxford after 

the Great Fire of London in 1666

Barnikel, [John 

Lewis], Pembroke 


Bartley, Glenn Binder 20th century, Iceman Cometh, 1982. 

Carole Holden purchased in 2004/05, 

not yet catalogued (May 2005) 

Barton, Henry, 

70 Market Street 

Manchester 

Basilio, Perez 

Gallardo, of Mexico 


Binder C38c54 

Baskerville, John C188b17 (English 18th century, with 

Baskerville type on lettering piece) 

Baskerville Binder Collins 20 

Barrit(z?) & Co. Binder C188a163 

Barritt & Co., 

London 

Binder Collins 350, ?Collins 351, ?Collins 352 

Bateman, John Binder successor of MacDurnan Gospels 

Binder, see MacDurnan Gospels Binder 

Bateman, Visct. Owner G244 

Bath and Wells, 

Bishop of 

Batten, London 

(Clapham) 

Baulart, of Paris, 

19th century 

see James Montague 


1701b1 (p. 40 has samples of printed 

decorated paper with ink MS notes on 

back 'Baulart, aine, Paris', paper 

designer?) 

Bauzonnet Binder C20d22, C29k24, C37e44, C38e15, 

C39e34, C41c8, C47d23, C47h10, 

C51e1, C57b22, C97a3, C97h9, 

C152g12 (signed), C150f3 (signed), 

1477cc26 (plain but signed) 

Bauzonnet-Purgold Binder C108aa25 

Bauzonnet, Trautz Binder IA27873, IB41522, C20a16, 

C20a17,18, C39e20, C57e38, C62a5, 

11408aaa38, C20b15,IA27924, C20e1, 

C39d64, C39e8, C22a53, C40b24, 

C44a6, c47d23, C47h10, C29k24, 

C34g25, C48d1, C31h32, C47f5, 

C53d10, C107g6, C57a2, C57aa7, 

C57b1, C57c38, C57g35, C62a3, 

C62a5, C62b1, C62b3-5, C62b28, 

C63e2, C63f2, C66d8, C70a6 

Bath, Order of 202d10 (arms of the Order of Bath, 

1725) 

Bathelier Binder C152g11 (signed) 

Battei Binder C154g10 (signed)

Batten Binder C151a8 (signed) 

Baucheron Owner ?C67b10 

Baumgarten Binder C151a9 (signed, see also Baumgarten, 

John Ernst) 

Baumgarten, John 

Ernst 

Binder 30b17, Davis171 (item 184, c.1775, 

London, rococo, several tools in 

common with Baumgarten and also a 

considerable number of tools closely

Baumgartner, 

Hieronymous 

Baxter, [Hector], 49 

Bartholomew Close, 

London 

similar to but not identical with those 

used on bindings attributed to him) 

Owner IA.7545 arms and letters of his name on 

upper cover of Ger pigskin binding. 


Baxter, J., of Lewes Binder C150a2 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Baxter, Priest C70a1 

Bayley, R. J., Old 

Town St., Plymouth 


Baynton Binder 506d7 

Bayntun of Bath Binder C66f19, C186aa1, ?C97a14 (3 vols), 

C115m15 (4 vols), 685g5, C66f19, 

506d7, 1481a7, 7907g19, Davis275 

(item 239, c.1939-40, a Cosway binding 

(speciality of Sotheran's the bookseller), 

upper cover signed 'bound by Bayntun 

(Riviere), Bath, England'), Collins 21 

(only one of the three volumes held 

together as Collins 21 bound by 

Bayntun, see also Sumfield & Day) 

Beard, Frederick, 

Clerkenwell 

Binder (?) Collins 359 

Beardsall, E., of 

Stamford 


Beardsley, Aubrey (publisher's binding designed by 

Beardsley) 

Beare & Son of 

Penzance 

Beaumont, Achille 

de Harlay, Comte de 

Beaumont, 

Christophe de, 

Archbishop of Paris 

1746 

Beaumont, Francois, 

Vicomte de 

Bearn, Comte de 

Brassac de G. A. de 

Galard 

Beaton, Archbishop 

of Glasgow 


see Harlay 

Owner C186b15 

Owner C67c8 

see Villelume, Francois de 

Owner C46d9, C68e15 

Beaufort Owner C130c7 

Beauharnais, 

Eugene de, Viceroy 

of Italy 

Owner C129mm5 (Italy, 19th century, 

presentation binding embroiderred with 

blue silk)

Beauvillers, Paul de, 

Duke of Saitn 

Aignan 

Owner C68a22, C47h7 

Bechatz, Marie Owner C48f4 

Beck, F., of 

Stockholm 

Beckford 458b23 

Owner RM21e34 (19th century, velvet, signed 

binding)

Bedford 11405aaa11, 11405aaa15, 11623bb2, 

11623bb14, 11630bbb6, 012314ee8, 

12301e31, Huth107 (signed), C17a18, 

3936aa37, 3936bb12, 8022bb35, 

8022bb44, 8022bb45, 8022bb53, 

8022bb59, 8175aa54, 8175aa55, 

8175aa73, 8175aa79, 8175aaa23, 

8175aaa25, 8410b2, 9771bb10, 

9771f14, IA52341, IB39618, IB41509, 

C17a17, C18c3, 672c4, C127a14, 

3936a31, 

Bedford, F Binder C20e5, C25a12, C25a14, C25a16, 

C25a33, C25d11, C25d25, C25e22, 

C25f10, C25f13, C25e31, C27d10, 

C28h5, C28m13, C29c7, C32a13, 

C32c4, C32c7 ([1869], for H. Stevens), 

C21a1, C18d6, C21d4, C25f26?, 

Cup400h1, C32d42, C32h7, C32i1-12, 

C32i14-25, C33a40, C33b39, C33i3, 

C34a44, C34e36, C34f45, C34i19, 

C34k7, C34k40, C34k62, C34l2, 

C34l10, C35g17, C36c5, C36e14, 

C37c49, C37e14, C38b39, C38e22, 

C38e28, C38e36, C39a1, C39a2, 

C39a7, C39a61, C39a68, C39b37, 

C39b51, C39c26, C39c42, C39d18, 

C39d33, C39d43, C39d50, C39d56, 

C39d62, C39e3, C39e6, C39e9, 

C39e10, C39e35, C39e48, C40b10, 

C40c26, C40c33, C40c35, C40c57, 

C40d35, C40d48, C40e59-61, C42b11, 

C42b12, C43a27, C44b1, C48b1, 

C51a2 (FRS. Bedford), C52aa14, 

C52aa18, C52b13, C53bb18, C53c22, 

C53c25, C53gg27, C54a3, C54a4, 

C54b1, C54bb1, C54e14, C55a17, 

C55a18, C55b2, C55d9-10, C55k6, 

C56a4, C56b12, C56c6, C56d17, 

C56d26, C56d28, C56d30, C57a5, 

C57aa24, C57b9, C57b33, C57b44, 

C57b58, C57c2, C57c3, C57c30, 

C57e14, C58aa13, C58b35, C59b28, 

C59b29, C60o4, C62a22, C62aa18, 

?C62b15, C62b18, C62b20, C65hh14, 

C69g8, C71a24, C71b32, C71bb3, 

C71c19, C72c4, C102b2, C107bb6, 

C108aa16, C110a1 (1859), C110a2 

(1859), C110a31, C110d4, C111aa33, 

C111c10, C114a11, C117b29,

Bedford, Francis, 

London 

Bedford, Francis 

Russell, 2nd Earl of 

C117b70, ?C118a13, C122a28, 

C122e14 (1850), C130a3, C132i5, 

C132i33, 8630f5, C154k10 

(ornamented by Bedford), Add 

MS33,383 (signed) 


Owner C52cc8 (backless binding), C67e6 

(Duke of Bedford), C67e10 (Duke of 

Bedford) 

Bedford, Frs Binder C62a2, C62b15 

Bedford and Clarke see Clarke and Bedford 

Behrends Binder C135c8 

Bell, J., of 

Shrewsbury 

Bell, Matthew, 

Colley & Co, 

Cursitor Street, 

London 

Bell, Robert 

Anning, 

London 

Bellefroid, 

Micheline de 

Bellendger, J., 8 

Lower Lyon St., 

Southampton 

Bellew, G. of 

Dublin 



Binder (?) Collins 362 (Bell did the decorations 

and designed the binding) 

Binder C183a33 


Binder C151a12 (signed), Collins 273 (?) 

Belz-Niedree Binder C20e4 (tooled by Belz-Niedree), 

C20d26 (tooled by Beltz-Niedree), 

C20e10, C20e29 (for Baron de 

Seilliere), C20e31 (for Baron de 

Seilliere), C40g3 (for Biblio. de Mello), 

C47c1, C34b59 (for Biblio. de Mello), 

C52aa2 (for Biblio. de Mello), C20e31, 

C20d29, C57c10 (for Biblio. de Mello), 

C57c11 (for Biblio. de Mello), C37c54, 

C59d15, C108d12, C38d23, C42b15- 

22, C57c44, C59d15, C62a24, C63d28, 

LR53e11 

Bemrose of Derby Binder Collins 25, C188a139 

Benavides Owner Add MS36,541 (Benavides arms appear 

on first and fourth quarterings of coat of 

arms on binding, second and third 

quarterings may be Castile) 

Benedict Binder G11530 (binder's label), G2755 

(binder's label), G11592 (binder's label), 

C151a14 (signed), C151a13 (signed) 

Benedict, Pope XIII Owner C26m8

Benedict, Henry, 

Cardinal of York 

Owner C46b16, C65gg2 

Benet, Paul Binder C109c18 

Bennet, Earl of 

Tankerville 

Owner C67b23, C67e5, C68a2, 504g6 

Benoit Le Court Owner Davis368, Davis332

Benz, Richard Owner C190b21 (Germany, 20th century) 

Beraudaine, of 

Avignon 

Berbis, Claude Owner Davis359 

Bercheve, Le Goux 

de la, Archbishop 

Binder C152h1 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C152g14 (Ramsden 


Owner C133a2 

Berkley Owner C69bb14, C67g5 

Be mind full IB55062 

Bernard de Rieny, 

Gabriel 


Bernasconi Binder IA39679 (signed) 

Bernis, Cardinal Owner C47f22 

Bernutz, George Binder Davis628 (item 340, c.1570, 

Wittenberg, signed G.B.) 

Berresford Binder C156h11 (signed) 

Berunner 

Buchbinderei 

Berry, Duchesse de, 

Caroline de 

Bourbon 

Binder KTC20b13 (signed) 

Owner C47e1, C156k14 (arms) 

Berthelet, Roger Binder C65f1 

Berthelet, Thomas NOT a Binder C18b10 (for Henry VIII), ?C20e15 (for 

Pickering), C27f14, C65g10 (for 

Edward VI), C66g2 (for Edward VI), 

?8408ee4, ?C64a5, ?G7851, ?C18b10, 

?G7851, ?1413e14, G7851 (for Edward 

VI) 

Berthold III, Abbott 

of Kremsmunster 

Berthune, Philippe 

de 

Owner C129c26 (arms on upper cover, gold 

tooled) 

Owner C47f24, ?C69d9 (or de la Vieuville) 

Bertie Owner C150e16 (Ramsden Collection of 


Bertrand, A. Binder C42f2 

Bertrand, Press of 

Livraria 

C109k5 

Bessel, Gottfried 

(also called Johann 

Franz) Abbot of 

Gottweig, Austria 

Owner C188a208 

Best, Richard 348b2 

Bethencourt, Galien 

de 

Bethune des 

Plancques, Jean- 

Owner C108e3 

Owner C64cc6

Philippe de (dit 

Benoit) 

Bethune, Hippolyte 

de, Bishop of 

Verdun 

Beton, James, 

Archbishop of 

Glasgow 


Owner C46d9, C68e15 

Bewick engraving 11645bb14 

Beyaert-Defoort, of 

Bruges 

Bibliotheca Academ 

?Franekeranpe 

Bibliotheca 

Bunaviana 

Binder C156h7 (signed) 

C68d6 

Owner 296l13 (heraldic stamp and 'ex 

Bibliotheca Bunaviana') 

Biblioteca De Salva C31g15, C32e26, C54c6, C56d4, 

C57c37, C57h15, C62aa7, C62aa16, 

C62d3, C62f14, C62h5, C62i15, 

C63a2-8, C63a13, C63a14-17, C63a19- 

31, C63a34, C63a1, C63a33, C63b1-2, 

C63b4-19, C63b21-26, C63b28-37, 

C63b41-43, C63b45-46, C63c21, 

C63c4, C63d5-7, C63d9-10, C63d11, 

C63d13-22, C63d1, C63f1, C63f4-9, 

C63f11-16, C63f24, C63f2, C63g1-2, 

C63g46, C63g9, C63g11-14, C63g17- 

23, C63g25-26, C63g6, C63h1, C63h8, 

C63h19, C63l1-5, C63l7, C63l9, C96a7, 

C96b1 

Bibliotheca 

Lamoniana 

Bibliotheque 

Bignon 

Bibliotheque de 

Mello 

Owner 48a19 (arms and cypher) 

473e13 

Bicknell, Jim Binder Cup408rrr10 

Bickers & Son, 

Leicester Sq., 

London 

Bignon, Jerome Binder C68b1 

Owner C38f36 (by Thibaron), C30h18, C40g3 

(by Belz-Niedree), C31f4 (by 

Chambolle-Duru), C34b59 (by Belz- 

Niedree), C53aa2 (by Belz-Niedree), 

C57aa4 (by Duru), C57c11 (by Belz- 

Niedree), C62aa23 (by Thibaron) 

Binder Collins 363 (?), Collins 364 (?), Collins 

365, Collins 366 (?), Collins 367 (?), 

Collins 368, Collins 1033 

Bigot Binder C152h2 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Bigot, Louis Owner C19a30 

Bill, William (W. Owner see King Edward and Queen Mary

B.) Binders 

Billion, A. L., 

Marquis de 

Bonnelles 

Owner C69a16, C69d2 

Binda, of Milan Binder C36c7, C41e28, C111c28 

Bird, Jo Binder C188b49. 

Bird, John (of 

Covent Garden - the 

same as below?) 

Bird, J., 52 Hatton 

Garden, London 

Birdsall & Son, of 

Northampton 

Birdsall of 

Northampton 

Birdsall of 

Northampton & 

London 

Binder RB23a12873 (ink stamp), Collins 371 

(?), Collins 375, Collins 377, Collins 

379 

Binder Collins 369, Collins 370 (?), Collins 

372, Collins 373 (?), Collins 374, 



Collins 384 

Binder C38e29, C40g22, C53c5, C57e12, 

C111c18, C111e11, C132i52, 

1570/1353, 11646b21, 11643bb42, 

1509/4487 

Binder C188a104 (20th c., vellum), Collins 26, 


Collins 36, Collins 37, Collins 1038 (?) 

Binder C72b7, C100e12, C102a12, C132i49, 

C132i56, 11642cc30 (W. Birdsall), 

RB23a543 (W. Birdsall) 

Birdsall see Edward Sullivan, Davis270 

(Birdsall forwarded this, Sullivan 

finished it) 

Birdsall & Son of 

Northampton 

‘Stronghold split case’ with 

padlock device used in Collins 31 

– Collins notes this as “a Birdsall 

patent, licensed quite widely” 

also Collins 30 


Birdsall of Northans Binder Collins 28, Collins 29 

Birkett, Hugh Binder C188b26 

Biron, Duc de Owner Davis477 

Bisiaux Binder C37e41, C38b33, G2814, C30a26, 

C30e41, C152h3 (signed), C155f4 

(signed), Davis570 (for Renouard) 

Bizeau, Louis Owner C68d12 

Bjorkman, Sven 

Erland, of Stockholm 

Black, J., of Covent 

Garden 


Binder C56d5, G6213 

Black, James Binder C56d5, G6213 (signed)

Blackhall, Alexr. Binder? Collins 972 

Blackie & Son Binder Collins 768, Collins 769, Collins 770, 

Collins 771 

Blacklaws, William, 

of Glasgow 


J. Blackman, 

24 Weston Road, 

Southend 


Blaise C152h6 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C155f5 (signed), C152h5 

(signed), C152h4 (signed) 

Bland (Isaac), 

32 Cannon Street, 


Preston 

Bland, 27 Fishergate, 

Preston 


Blavwert, I. C. Owner C64b16 (I. C. Blavwert and date 1673 

gold tooled on lower cover. N. P. D. 

gold tooled on lower cover and ANNO) 

Blight W.S. of 

Bideford 

Binder 

C188b58 

Blundell, Henry Owner 459a18, 459g10 

Bocquet, P. F. Jean Owner C104d37 (arms gold tooled on white 

vellum) 

Bodoni, Officina 

Fec 

C100l8 

Boersch Binder C150f6 (signed), C152h7 (signed)

Bogetti Binder C152h8 (signed) 

Bogle, Angela Binder C188b10 (winner of National Student 

Bookbinding Competition 1989) 

Bohn, G. J. Binder C156h12 (attributed to Bohn) 

Bohn, J., of 31 Frith 

St, Soho, London 

Boilet, of Bar-sur- 

Aube 

Bois, Louis du, 

Marquis de Givry 

Binder G3000, G2925, G1325, LR301e3 


Owner C68d8, C30b2,3, C30g5, C30g1, 

C30g6, C30l12 

Boldof, Lajos Binder C47l4 (1861), C128c2 

Boleyn, Anne see Anne 

Boll Binder C41a29 

Boll, Emil, 

Donaueschingen 

Bologna Shop, 

Second 

Bon, L. G., Marquis 

de Sainte Hilaire 

Bon Marche, 

Liverpool 

Bona, Joseph, of 

Rome 


Binder Davis843 

Owner 179a3 (arms, c.1700) 


Binder C46l5 (1731) 

Bonaparte, Joseph Owner Davis705 (by Wilson | Nicols, see W. 

N.) 

Bonaparte, Louis 

Lucian 

Bone & Son, 

London 

Bone 

[William] & 

Son., Fleet 

Street, 

London 

Owner 3022h4, 3022e9, 3022h3, 3022k3, 

3022k4, 3022g3, 3022e13, 3022b12, 

3022b13, 3022b35, 3022b38, 3022b30, 

3022b31, 3022b40, 3022a12, 3022b46, 

3022a22 (these are stamps on BM 

bindings), 12954a17 

Binder C30b39, C109b1, C109c1, C128f5, 

C129c3, C129c7, C134b18, C43g4, 

C59g1, 11899bb37, 7820f12, 

RB23a15512 (binder's ticket), 



3455c41 (binder’s ticket) 

Binder Collins 385, Collins 386, Collins 

387, Collins 388 

Bonelli, Cardinal Owner C47k8, C47k19 

Bonellus, Michael, 

Cardinal 

Bonet, Paul (1889- 

1971) 

Owner C66i13 

Binder C109c18, C129e10, C129e12, Davis415

Bonhomme of La 

Rochelle 


Bonnaud Binder C152h11 (signed) 

Bonnelles, Marquis 

of 

see Bullion, A. L.

Bon Temps Viendra C67i12 

Boom, I 

(Netherlands) 

Bookbinders 

Cooperative 

Society, London 

Book Case with 

stamp 

Booklovers Bindery 

of New York 


Binder 1578/8053, Collins 389 

C65hh13 

Binder C131f11 

Booth Binder C151a15 (signed) 

Booth, J. Binder C150a4 (signed) 

Boothby, W., Sir Owner C67e12, C67h5 

Borghese Bindery Binder C67k1, C47k17, MusicK9c10, Davis? 

Borghese, Scipio, 

Cardinal 

Owner C46e14, Davis822 

Boscauven Owner C66f22 

Bosquet, of 

Brussells 

Binder ?142c13 

Bossuet Owner G1934 (arms) 

Boston Bookbinding 

Co., 


Boteller Owner G646 (arms?) 

Bottier fils Binder C155f6 (signed) 

Bottier, Nestor Binder C155h16 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C155h17 (Ramsden 


Boucard Binder C155f7 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Boucherat, L. Owner C48b10 

Boucher-Moreau Binder C152h13 (Ramsden Collection of 



Boulleau Owner C108f7 

Boullenger, of 

Versailles 

Bourbon Owner C71h4 

Bourbon, Louis de 

Bourbon Conde 

Bourbon, Marie 

Louise de, Queen of 

Charles IV of Spain 

Bourchier, Rachel, 

Countess of Bath 

Binder C40a55, C152h15 (signed), C152h14 

(signed) 

Owner C48c6 

see Comte de Clemant? 

C67i12

Bouret, A., of 

Lisbon 

Bouillon, Duc de, 

Henri de la Tour 

Binder C54f20 

Owner C47c17

Boule, Andre, of 

Paris 

panel stamps signed by Boule on: 

C67a1, ?C69c14, Davis319, L23f5 

Boutigny Binder C155f8 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), ?Add MS38,858 (MS note 

says 'Reliure de Boutigny', but check) 

Bowdery & Kerby Binder C150a5 (signed) 

Boyer Binder C46b33 

Boyer de Cremilles, 

L. H. 


Boyenval Binder C152h16 

Boyet Binder C7b4, C46b33, G4719, G6274 

Boyle, Richard, 

Viscount Dungarvan 

Boyse, Daniel, of 

Cambridge 

G4771 (name) 

Binder Maps C3e8 (formerly C18e15), 

Davis180 (item 73, c.1620, Cambridge), 



Add MS42130 (Luttrell Psalter) 

Bozerian le Jeune Binder C39g4, C29k2, C34a21, C65bb7 

(signed), C20d6 (signed), G2159, 

G8148-9 (signed), G8388 (signed), 

G8394 (signed), G8516 (signed), 

G8736-7 (signed), G9530 (signed), 

G9684 (signed), G9688 (signed), G9696 

(signed), G9747 (signed), G10121 


(signed), G11950 (signed), G12795-8 , 

IB47033 (signed on spine) 

Collins 909 (signed on spine) 

Bozerian Binder 8309aa18, G2392, C29k2, C34a21, 

C39g10, C26g9, C26g10, C156k2 


bindings), C156k1 (signed), C156k3 

(signed), C152i1 (signed), C152i2 

(signed), G15229, G17324, IB41526 

Bozerian Trautz Binder IB41943 (signed) 

Bradac, L., Czech Binder C188b1 

Bradel Binder G9831 (binder's ticket), G10022 

(binder's ticket), C152i3 (signed) 

Bradford, Earl of, 

Bridgman 

Owner C68d1 

Bradley, Bejamin, of 

Boston 

Binder C183aa11, Collins 974 

Bradstreet Binder C32g27 

Brahe, Tycho Owner C61c6 

Braithwaite, T. P., of 

Wakefield 


Brancas, Duc de, L. Owner C6b4, G7828 (arms)

L. Felicite 

Brancas, Duchesse 

de, Louise Diane 

Francoise de 

Clemant- 

Tallerande? 

Owner C67a23 

Brand, L. Binder C107b36 

Brand, W., of 

Geneva 

Branden, Churfurst Owner C68f10 

Brass, C. J., of 

Liverpool 

Brassac, Comte de, 

J. A. de Garlard 

Binder C154h24 (Ramsden Collection of 



Owner C68a11 

Bray, Stanley Binder C188c27 (Omar III, jewelled binding, 

documentation and finishing tools) 

Breaute Binder C152i4 (signed) 

Brechin, J.B., 

7 Castle Streeet, 

Dundee 


Breslau Owner C66c19, Davis648 (item 365, 1775-76, 

probably made in Breslau) 

Bremer Binderei Binder C98e20 (F. Th. = Frieda Thiersch), 

C102g1, C102h2-5, C106k5 

Bretault & Maillard Binder C142a16 

Bretherton, [George] Binder Collins 43 

Brewers, Leighton Binder C53bb12 

Bridgman Owner C68d1 

Bridgwater, Earl of 1196c32, see also Egerton 

Brienne, Lomenie 

de 

Brienne, Samfin ... 

of 

Owner C108d25, C25d1-6, C46d6, 91b27 

see Samfin of... 

Brigandat Binder C34g26, 8562bbb13 (signed), C152i5 


bindings, author's presentation copy), 

C152i6 (signed), C150f4 (signed) 

Briggs, 

27 Piccadilly 

Maker 

(Binder?) 

Collins 44 

Brillac Owner ?C52b14 

Brindley, John Binder ?C108m7, C108t1, C130e5-7, C46g7, 

C12e13, C150a6 (Ramsden Collection 

of signed bindings), Davis144-146, 

?2d9-10, ?2a14,15, 13b6, 19g1-6, 42i3, 

47i12, 64i4,5, 139i8-10, ?172h1, 

?195a20 

Collins 390

Brinon, Jean Owner Davis350 (by Claude de Picques), 

G17242 (arms of J. Brinon de Villaines) 

Brissart Binder C155f9 (signed)

Brissart-Carolet Binder C150f5 (signed) 

British Leather 

Federation, London 

British Museum 

Bindery 

Broadbere, 

Pembroke Sq., 

Bargate, 

Southampton 

Broadbere, 11 

Hanover Buildings, 

Southampton 

Binder? Collins 1004 

Binder C72a18 (1934), 177h1-6 and more 

Binder Collins 45, Collins 49, Collins 50 

Binder awaiting pressmark 


Collins 51 

Broca & Kaufmann Binder C115m29 (4 vols) 

Brocklehurst- 

Whiston 


Brockman, James Binder C188c13 (signed) 

Brockman, Stuart Binder C188a20 

Brodersson, P., of 

Halmstad 


Brod, of Strasbourg Binder C156k4 (signed) 

Broda, L. Binder C40b63, C58d28 

Brooks, I. Binder C150a7 (signed) 

Broster, of Chester Binder C108c26 

Brotherhood of the 

Holy Trinity at 

Viho, Lithuania 

Owner G19998 (emblem) 

Brotherton, John Binder C108d30 (binder's label) 

Brou, Denis 

Feydeau de 

Owner C66h4, G9429 (arms) 

Brown, Cecil Binder RB23b4498 

Brown, Hannah Binder C188a156 (C21st English, onlaid 

yellow, prize winner DB 2008) 

Brown, J., of 

Penrith 

Brown, J. G. Jun., of 

Leicester 

Binder C154i6 (signed) C188b77 

Binder C36c4 

Browne, A. Binder? Collins 1003 

Browne, William, of 

Bristol 

Binder C130a5 

Broxton, J E Binder C188a204 (board with onlaid picture of 

Trollope) 

Bruant des 

Carrieres, Louis 

(1611-1689) 

Owner 30c6 (arms, he worked for Fouquet) 

Brudenell Owner C65c2 (crest)

Brugalla, Emilio, 

Barcelona 


Brunck Binder C154f2 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Brupalle, E. Binder Davis662 

Bruyere Binder C31h16, C58a17, C97a17 

Buchelet, Charles 

Savalette, Seigneur 

de 

Buck, Thomas, of 

Cambridge 

see Savalette 

Binder C108a24, C46i17, C108bb15, 675d10, 

234a51 (white vellum), ?C64a20, 

?C64a15, ?C24b1, ?C18e15, ?C64a14 

(white kid), ?C66d16 (white kid),

Buckingham House 

Bindery 

Budden, of 

Cambridge 

Buffery, RS, 

22 Mortimer 

St., W. 

C66c14, 234a51, ?C18e15 

Binder ?C9a6, ?C9a9-11, ?C9a7, C9b12, C9d4, 

C10b2, C10c8, C10d13, C10d1, C10d6- 

8, C11a7, C11a11, C11a14, C11a17, 

C11d5, C11e3, C13b4, C13d1, C10d10, 

C14c4, C14d1, C14e2, C14e3, C15b6, 

C15b12, C15c9, C14e12, C14d12 

Binder C128d3, Add MS34,210 (signed) 


Bull & Son of 

Surbiton 


Bumpus Binder Collins 392, ?Collins 393 

Bunau, Henri, 

Comte de 

Owner 1088c14, 90g2 (c.1730) 

Bunetier Binder C152i7 (signed) 

Burgaud des Marets, 

J. Henri 

Burgess & Hunt, of 

Ramsgate 

Owner books from his 'Bibliotheque patoise' 

purchased in 1873 and 1874, bound by 

Cape and Trautz-Bauzonn etc. 


Burges, W. Owner Add MS31,833 (W. Burges and 

MDCCCLXX on clasps of 19th-century 

English binding) 

Burgundy, Philip, 

Duke of 

Owner C64d10 

Burkett, Hugh Binder C188b29 

Burleigh, Lord Cecil Owner C31b28, C66b16, 155a4, C67d1, 

Or72b1 

Burn Binder C109d3, C116b9, C116bb10, 

?C116bb12, C116bb13-14, ?C116bb15- 

19, C117aa4, C129b21, C129d3, 

C131b8, C131b9-10, C131b12, 

C109bb7, ?12806bb13, ?Cup400a33, 

RB23a16780, 12805h25 

Burn & Co (also see 

below) 

Burn, Thomas & 

Sons, 37 Kirby 

Street, London 

Burnier Binder C35c27 

Binder C28f18, C58e29, C108a35, C109aa1, 

C109aa9, C116b7, C117bb31, 

C188a85, Cup401d28, 12640o4, 

LR277a, 109aa1 (ticket), C109d3, 

?7854r8, 12641h4, Collins 401, Collins 

403, Collins 404, Collins 405 


396, Collins 397 (?), Collins 398, 

Collins 399, Collins 400, Collins 

402, Collins 406

Burns, 17 Portman 

Street, Portman 

Square 

Binder RB 23a1594 (label) 

Burns Binder C154i7 (signed)

Buroner, Hieremias see A H B 

Burrell, Sir Binder 191d9, G8279 

Burrell, Sir W. Owner 51i7 (arms), 52n10, G8279 (arms) 

Bunan, Count Owner 1088c14 (coat of arms gold tooled on 

upper cover, 'ex bibliotheca Bunaviana' 

gold tooled on lower cover) 

Bushell Owner C66f24 

Bush & Son, S., of 

Bromley [Kent] 


Buss, George, 2 

Dorrington St., Cold 

Bath Square 


Butcher, M., of 

Weymouth 


Bute, Earl of Owner C130c5 

Butler Owner Add MS11,933 (gold tooled badge of 

Bibliotheca Butleriana added to 15th- 

century Italian binding) 

Butler, G., 

Colonnade, Ryde 

Butler & Hollington 

Eastbourne 

Binder Collins 56 a and b (2 vols) 


Buxheim IA12984 (bound by Jagd am Zaun, 

Kyriss 81), C188a106 (roll inscribed 

Buxheim) 

Byde, Edward Owner C64e11 

Byng Owner C21a40 (1577), C39c39 

Bysshe, Sir Edward Owner C68a24, C108c27, C108h11 

C 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

C. B. C. G6328 

C., C. Binder Cup580b44 (signed), RB23a32145. 

C., D. 51e4 (P W D C d c gold tooled on 

both covers, English 18th century?) 

C., E. See MacDurnan Gospels Binder 

C., G. F. 183d5 (G F C gold tooled on English 

16th-century binding)

C., G. Owner Egerton MS1044 (G. C. (Grace 

Carey?) on English 17th-century 

binding) 

C., H. C135d8 (Fortuna panel signed H C, 

German 16th century) 

C., I. C48a18 (initials gold tooled, English 

1600-1650) 

C., L. H. L. Hay-Cooper who worked with the 

binder S. Barnard. L H C executed 

the design and tooling. No examples 

in BL but illustrated in The Studio

1914, special number the art of the 

book. 

C., M. See McColl, Elizabeth Mathieson 

C., M. C. See also Clayton Mordaunt 

Cracherode), 685a22 

C., R. RB23a17197 (may be B G, French 

16th century, with blind panels, one 

with shield signed with initials) 

C., R. RB23a11680 (gold tooled initials on 

17th-century Scottish binding) 

Caesar, Sir Julius C20f15-58 (Sir Julius Caesar's 

Travelling Library, restricted in 1991, 

joint on box lid weak) 

Cains, Anthony Binder C108eee4 

Calcagnini, B., Bishop 

of ? 

Owner C68b13 

Calder, [F. W.], 199 

Oxford St., London 


Calder, R. (Falkirk) Binder 1568/8119 

Calder, Scott Binder (?) Collins 408 

Caldwell, [Matthew], of 

Dublin 


Calenberg, Henri Count Owner C69aa4 

Calico RB23a13008 (English type printed 

Calico) 

Callouet Binder C152i8 (signed) 

Calmette of Villeneuve- 

sur-Lot 

Binder C152i9 

Calonne, C. A. de Owner C44c9, 145c13 

Cambaceres, 

Monseigneur 

L'ARchichancelier de 

l'empire 

See Cellier fils 

Cambaceres Owner C155i5 (dedication copy to 

Cambaceres with his arms, signed by 

Rondeau) 

Cambridge Bindings Binder C66d11, C66c10 (S. Nicholas and 

Annunciation), ?C66d20, ?C64d13 

(S. Roche), C67d8, C65c17, C66f7, 

C66d12, C66c20, IA19046, see also 

names of individual binders, e.g. 

Lattice Binder 

Camp Binder Collins 410 

Camp, A. & T. RB23a15843 (binder's ink stamp) 

Campbell, Carolee Binder C188b18 (signed brass and steel 

binding, US 20th century)

Campbell, 36, Low 

Terrace, Leith Street, 

Edinburgh 

Campbell, D., 

17 Leith Street, 

Edinburgh 



Campbell, Fiona Binder C108k1 (1959) 

Campling, C. A., Great 

Yarmouth 


Canillac Owner C30f13 

Canivari Binder C41e29

Canvas Bindings Ch780/123 (1782), RB23a26 (1794), 

Ch800/287 (1769), C108n22 (1771), 

C107bb81 (1809), C108n23 (18th 

century), C127a28 (1793), C135t18 

(1791, stabbed), C142d28 (1788), 

C790/162 (1790), C107bb80 (1808), 

Cup408tt12, RB23a3001 (1778), 

RB23a3003 (1790), 1568/6841 

(1779?), 1578/41 (18th century, 

stabbed), 1578/39 (1775, stabbed), 

1578/3621 (1783), 1578/3737 (1775), 

1578/3767 (1786), 1578/3963 (18th 

century), 1578/6559 (1791), 

Ch790/235 (J. Ash, Grammatical 

institutes, 1792), 1568/4048, 

1568/3348, 1212e6, RB23a10114 

(18th century English grammar), 

RB23a3001, RB23a6424, 

RB23a6742 

Cape Binder C19a5, C20c12, C20e22, C35d11, 

C38h11 (for Simon Vostre?), 

C39a43, C40a48 (for Gomez de la 

Cortina), C48b17, C48c17 (for 

Gomez de la Cortina), C30d38, 

C31b27, C34a54, C34a37, C34i8, 

C57c33, C57d15, C62a8, C62b6, 

C71a25, C57c33, C62a8, C62b6, 

C125b27, C128e17, C38b17, C38i2, 

C39a27, C39b8, C39b64, C39b66, 

C39d7, C40b27, C40d56, C40e37, 

C41c20, C18a8, C29h10, C30c19 

(Cape. Masson. De Bonnelle SRS), 

C31c42, C34a25, C34a37, C34a54, 

C34e43, C34a35, C34i3-6, C34i8-16, 

C37b31, C37l6, C38b6, C152i10 


bindings), C152i11 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), 

C38b6 (plain, gold tooled dentelle), 

IB1503, 1316d30, 11403a10, 

11737b22 

Capon, Lester Binder C188c28 (signed 2005) 

Caraccioli Owner C64c2, C65e18 

Caracena, Marquis Owner C69ff7, C46i18, C57g20, C130c28 

Carafa, Cardinal Owner C66c16, Davis721, C64cc13 

Carbentus, W., of The 

Hague 

Binder 1578/8446 (7 vols for 1828, paper 

binder's label)

Cardoza-James, bindery 

of San Francisco 

Binder HS74/26 (relief sculpture on the 

upper cover by Ron Dillow, The 

temple of Flora, 1984) 

Carew, Le Maire Owner C66h2, C68c5, C68c9 

Carfrae, J., of 

Edinburgh 

Carlos III de Bourbon, 

King of Spain 

Carlos IV, King of 

Spain 


Owner C129h1 

Owner C128e24 

Carnan, London Binder Collins 411 (publishers’ binding) 

Carnarvon, Earl of, 

Robert Dormer 

Carnarvon, Countess 

Mary 

Caroline of Ansbach, 

wife of George II 

Caroline, Queen, wife 

of George IV 

Owner C66e17 (1621, impaling arms of 

Herbert), 3405c8 (1621) 

Owner C67h12 

Owner 238g15 (rebound in 1925), 287a13 

(St Prot of Ireland), 269h32?, 95l6, 

225c1, 76e15, 269h32, 238g41, 80f1- 

7 (cypher), 13b6 (by J. Brindley, with 

Caroline's arms painted on foreedge), 

47i12 (by J. Brindley, with 


31e12 (by J. Brindley, with 


74k8 (with arms of George II 

as Prince of Wales), 76e15 (with 

arms of George II as Prince of 

Wales), 95l6,7 (with arms of George 

II as Prince of Wales), 238g35 (with 


Wales), 238g40 (with arms of George 



Wales), 238g43 (with arms of George 



Wales), 287a13 (with arms of George 

II as Prince of Wales), 43f16 (by J. 

Brindley, with Caroline's arms 

painted on fore-edge, cypher), 43i8, 

Cerv29 (Caroline Reine painted on 

fore-edge), 227d21 (cypher), 269i10 

(cypher), 112e66 (with arms of 

C129m9 George II (gift as Prince of William of Wales) Austin) 

Caron, Pierre, of Ghent Binder Davis609 (item 301, 16th century, a 

panel signed 'pe x c' (Pierre Caron or 

Pieter de Keysere) occurs with the St

Carov, Marie Guilforde 

M. 

Margaret panel) 

C23a7 

Carpe Diem Add MS19,900 (motto surrounds 

arms, gold tooled English? 19th 

century) 

Carpenter Owner C68k7, C151b2 (signed W. 

Carpenter) 

Carpenter & Co Binder C150a9 (signed) 

Carr, Lady Ann Owner 87h6 

Carre Binder C150f7 (Ramsden Collection of 


Carrier, Ann Owner Davis137 (item 156, 1704, engraved 

silver centrepieces with 'Ann Carrier' 

and engraved silver clasps with 

initials AVB) 

Carroll Binder Cc150f8 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings, author's MS 

dedication to the Duc de Crassot on 

flyleaf), C152i13 (Ramsden 


C152i12 (Ramsden Collection of 


Carroll & Scott Binder C150f9 (signed) 

Carru, Joseph, of Turin Binder C183d8 (gold tooled with arms of 

Charles Albert King of Sardinia, 

House of Savoy) 

Carsi y Vidal See Vidal 

Carss of Glasgow Binder C156 h13 (signed), C151 b4 (signed), 

Collins 775 

Carss & Co, of 

Binder 11595a19, RB23 a1056, C151b5 

Glasgow 

(signed), 3015f12 (binder's label on 

flyleaf, but rebacked by BM in 

1932), Collins 776 

Cartault Binder C150f10 (signed) 

Carter Bros. of Brigthon Binder Collins 58, Collins 59, Collins 61 

Carteret Owner C67f20, C67i7, ?C67f21, 56e4 

Cartwright, Miss Owner C141cc16 (name tooled on upper 

cover) 

Cary, of Wakefield Binder Collins 60 

Cary Owner ?C67b18 (Edwards of Halifax) 

Casanbon, Isaac 1068c8 

Casimir, Sigmund, Graf 

zu Lynar 

Owner C109 bb19 (Casimir's arms on white 

vellum)

Cassassus Binder C152k1 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C150f11 (signed), 

C152k2 (signed, Cassassus of Rouen)

Cassier Binder C152k3 (signed) 

Castellan, Charles de Owner Davis524 

Castro Add MS28,503 (arms of Castro, 

Colonna and toledo with ducal 

coronet, ?17th century) 

Cathedral Binding Binder Davis255 (item 285, c. 1835, 

Edinburgh or Glasgow, sold by James 

Brush at 10.50 ron[gate], Glasgow 

(ticket)), C155e4 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings, tooled 

in gold to a 'cathedral' pattern), Add 

MS28,786 (embossed), see also 

rubbings boxes 

Catherall & Nixon, 

Bangor 


Catherall, T., of Chester Binder C151b6 (signed) 

Catherine of Aragon Owner C69e1, C35f8, C38f20 (arms), C40e1 

(arms of Henry VIII and Catherine of 

Aragon) 

Catherine of Braganza, 

wife of Charles II 

Catherine Leczczinski, 

wife of Louis XV 

Owner C108s4 

Owner C67c16 

Catherine de Medici Owner C33m1 (presentation copy with 

painted arms on vellum), C24e6-8 

(illus. Fletcher XXXII) 

Catherine Parr (sixth 

wife of Henry VIII) 

Caulet Owner C68e11 

Caumartin, Le Fevre de 

Caumartin, Marquis de 

St Ange (1653-1720) 

Caumont, Comte de, 

Soho, 39 Gerard Street 

Owner C27e19 (embroidered, velvet with 

coat of arms) 

Owner C46h9, C59fff2, C97aa8, C35h20, 

G7900 (arms) 

Binder 279e27 (binder's ticket), C151b7 

(signed), C151b8 (binder's ticket), 

C154i8 (signed), G17631 

Cavenagh, Dublin Binder YA1996a21855 (binder's ticket) 

Cavenagh (Francis) of 

Wicklow Street, Dublin 


Cawder, Baron Owner IB55062 

Cawte, C., of 

Southampton 


Cawthorn, G. Binder C150a10 (signed) 

Caxton Bindings IB55119, ?IA55122, IA55221, 

IB55146 (Liber Festivalis, 1483, 

calf), ?C35f19, IA55067, C23b, 

IB55142, IB37262, IA3941, 

IB55143, IB55146

Caxton Binder Binder IB55142 (c.1490), IB 3941, 

IB37262A, Davis84 (item 8, c.1507), 

see also Wynkyn de Worde

Cecil See Burghley 

Cellier fils Binder C155f10 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings, inscribed to 

'Monseigneur l'Archichancelier de 

l'Empire, Cambaceres') 

Cemardelev Binder C40c61 

Central School of Arts 

and Crafts 

Centre Rectangle 

Binder 


Binder C108 c22, C72e8 ('sombre'), C69h8, 

Davis122 (item 130, c.1679, 

London), C188a65, 79h1 

Chadwick, Charles Owner See Edwards, Davis211 

Chadwick, Lewis, of 

Mavesyn Ridware 

See Edwards, Davis211 

Chain Mark IB40267 (hole on titlepage, repaired, 

which indicates part of chained 

library, ink MS note refers to 

monastic library in Germany) 

Chained Add MS30,057 (holes on lower cover 

traces of chained library?), 4605h4, 

5051i? 

Challeston Owner C67d6 

Chalut Binder C152K4 (signed) 

Chambers, Sir Robert 

(1737-1803), 

Owner C130b17

Chambolle - Duru Binder C20b12, C31b33 (1868), C31e32, 

C31e40, C31f4, C32a26, C32c14 

(1863), C32m19 (1862), C20d20 

(1865), C20e11, C20e14, C20e20, 

C20e27, C20e34, C20e6, C33a36, 

C33a41, C33h10 (1863), C34e41 

(1863), C38b3, C38b15 (1863), 

C38c9 (1863), C39a17, C38b23, 

C39a19, C39a25, C39a47 (1863), 

C39a48 (1868), C39a62 (1862), 

C39c55, C39e47 (1874), C40b60 

(1862), C42e19-20 (1869), C53aa5 

(1868), C53aa23 (1862), C53c32, 

C55a1 (1869), C55c28, C57c12, 

C57c11 (1869), C57e11 (Marius 

Michel Doreur), C57g2 (Marius 

Michel Doreur), C57g3, C57g4, 

C58cc11 (1865), C59a38, C62b7, 

C62c31, C62i14, C71b10 (1863), 

C97a29, C97aa7, C97bb30, C107aa3, 

IB40165 (signed), IB41196 (signed), 

Davis586-587 

Chamillart Owner C130c1

Chamois Leather C58d17 

Champagny, Jean de Owner ?C130c1 

Chanaleilles, Marquos 

de, Charles Francois 

Owner C48d9 

Chandler, Margaret Binder C188b45 

Chanvallon, Francois 

Harley, Archbishop of 

Paris 

Owner C47l2, C69d11 

Chapel Royal 3433d7, C68b6 (Chapel Royal St 

James), C109f18 (bound for one of 

the Royal Chapes with arms of 

George IV), 3091aa4 (with cypher of 

George II, gold tooled), C183d19 

(with cypher of George II and 

chapel), Davis147 (item 167, 

London, cypher of George II and 

'Chapel Royal St James's') 

Chapman, Christopher Binder C110k4, IB20870, C2b5, C3a2, 

C14c13, C52g2, C6c6&7, C3c9, 

60i2,3, 125d8, 61c14, 61c12, 138b1?, 

198g11? 

Chapman, P. G., of 

Beckenham 

Chapman & Wilson, 36 

Coney St., York 


Chapple, C. Binder G17721-3 

Binder Cup403p16 (text says 'Bound in full 

morocco leather by P. G. Chapman of 

Beckenham') 

Chapron Binder C152k5 (Ramsden Collection of 


Chapuis Binder C155f11 (signed) 

Chapuseau Owner C27e12 

Charitas RB23a10513 (crowned emblem gold 

tooled on French ?17th-century 

binding, convent des Minimes Paris?) 

Charity School Binder 

See also Banbury Charity 

Charles III, Cardinal de 

Bourbon 

Charles I, Duke of 

Mantua 

Charles Prince of 

Wales, later Charles I 

Charles I (reign 1625- 

1649) 

Binder 291a28 (1670) , c67b26, c183a34 

Owner C68b17, G6326 (arms and device) 

Owner C47d5 

Owner C46f1, C46i11, C27e11, C28a3, 

C83e1, C65l1, C82f8, C183a18, 

C19g20, C47i12, C48g7, C64f8, 

C66h7, C66g5, C83c10, 444i4, 

C21b8, C65l1, G7983 

C17a21, C17a25, C17b27, C18b15, 

C19g18, C19g19, C21d8, C21e11,

Charles II (reign 1649- 

1685) 

C21e14, C22l32, ?C23e1, C24c4, 

C24d6, C24d11, C25i2, C28a3, 

C36l1, C37l9, C46a12, C46a34, 

C46b26, C46i1, C46k2, C47e3, 

C47k4, C47k11, C48a6, C48b7, 

C48l1, C61k5, C66f14, C67d3, 

C68c17, C77h11, C77i4, C78i3, 

C83d2, C108c31, 478i5, 486k9, 

489i6, 490i6, 495k14, 520i22, 

524l16, 527n5, 536l23, 570k9, 

582k14, 582l14, 589i2, 589k14, 

592i3, 592i16, 603k3, 605h9, 

610e14, 3052cc9, G11415, G20090, 

Davis179 (Lord Herbert of 

Cherbury's binder for Charles I), 


arms of Charles I in centre, dedicated 

to Charles I), for trade bindings on 

Eikon Basilike see Trade Bindings 

C13a17, C14e13 (Mearne), C19g16, 

C19g17, C20e21, C21d5 (Mearne), 

C22f16 (Mearne), C22f17 (Mearne), 

C22f18-19, C23e6-7 (Mearne), 

C24e13 (Mearne), C25i2, C32m5 

(Mearne), C34g19 (Mearne), C35m5, 

C36l1, C39k4, C43i19, C46b7, 

C48c7 (Mearne), ?C64cc4, C64f2 

(Mearne), C64f9, C65l14 (?Mearne), 

C66g1, C66i12, C67e9 (Queen's 

Binder D), C67e11, C67g8, C77d20, 

C79f15 (Mearne), C82a7 (Mearne), 

C83d2 (Mearne), C83e6 (Mearne), 

C83e18 (Mearne), C112a20, 

C109p22 (Mearne), C109f21 

(Mearne), C109p22, C109q1 

(Mearne), C120h6, C170c28 

(Mearne), 1a4, 1b4, 6d19, 7f13 

(Mearne), 7h3 (Mearne) 8b14, 8f14, 

20e3, 58f22, 60h6, 62b14, 73l8, 

74k11, 75h6, 77h10, 79h3, 79h22-23, 

80h9, 80l3, 81a27, 81a36, 83l4, 

90d18, 118b24, 128h10 (Queen's 

Binder A), 129a7, 192f1, 193e10, 

193e11, 195f4, 195p4, 206f13, 

208h4, 210d2, 215f1-5, 223a35, 

288a5, 294k25 (Mearne), 444f2, 

444i3, 467i67, 589c22, 610l14, 

975c16, 1009h7, 1009h8, 1014d16, 

1912b10 (Mearne), G4133, G17717,

Charles III of Spain 

(reign 1759-1788) 

1Tab16 (Queen's Binder A), Add 

MS6291, Egerton MS3375, 62b14, 

?73l6 (Mearne), 73l7, 75h6, 87l3 

(cypher), 88k2 (arms), 90d18 

(cypher), 129a7 (arms), 192f1 

(cypher), 200h10 (arms), 210d2 

(cypher), 223a35 (cypher), 240a33 

(cypher), 284a21, 288a5 (arms), 


arms of King Charles II in centre), 

see also Samuel Mearne I, II, III and 

IV, G4133 (arms) 

Owner 144b4 (arms), G4286 (arms), G6574 

(arms) 

Charles V, Emperor Owner C46a11, c46b21, C64aa3 (and John 

Frederic Duke of Saxony), Davis631 

(panel of Charles V, lower cover 

panel of Johann Friedrich I, Elector 

of Saxony), Davis693 (item 347, 

painted portrait of Charles V) 

Charles VI, Emperor of 

Germany 

C47i1 

Charles IX Owner C66b7 (bound by Claude de Picques), 

Music K1a4 (dedicated to Charles 

IX) 

Charles X, King of 

France 

Charles III, King of 

Naples 

Charles Albert, King of 

Sardinia (Savoy 

dynasty) 

Owner C154c17 (arms) 

Owner C67h11 

Owner C183d8 

Charles D'Orleans C99k16 (arms on vellum but Dutch 

20th-century binding) 

Charles de Valois Owner See Duc d'Angouleme 

Charles Emmanuel III, 

Duc de Savoie and King 

of Sardinia 

Charleston, Joan Binder 

(Designer) 

Charlotte of 

Mecklenburgh, wife of 

George III 

Owner C46b14?, 26e14,15 

Cup510dga16 (batik cloth covers, 

bound by Hunter & Foulis) 

Owner 61g2 (also the King's arms), C46i1? 

(initials of Queen Charlotte?, may be 

cypher of Charles I), C45c16 

('Present of Princess Charlotte ... to 

Miss Jones', gold tooled calf), 

?269h32 (arms), ?2a17 (by Edwards

of Halifax, cypher), RB23a8077 

(crowned C on cover, may represent 

Charlotte) 

Charon Binder C152k7 (signed), C152k6 (signed) 

Charpentier, H. Binder C155f14 (signed) 

Charron, Jean Jacques, 

Marquis of Menars 

Charterhouse Library, 

St Alban Trier 

Chaklin Binder C65k14 

Owner C67c5, C69ee8, C130b16, G4323 

(arms) 

IB2137 (15th century, brown goat, 

blind tooled, with clasp) 

Champley, George, 

New York 


Chandler, Margaret Binder C188b45 (signed) 

Chatelin, A., Soho 

Square 

Binder PC31f7 (signed) 

Chaulin Binder C150f12 (signed) 

Chaumonnot, of Gray 

(Franche Comte) 


Chaumont Binder C152k8 (signed) 

Chaumont, A. Binder G17212 (binder's ticket) 

Chauncey, Charles Owner C12e17 

Chauvet, of Jozon 

Chauvet 


Chemise Binder Cup407a89 (chemise binding on 

17th-century binding, boards inserted 

into pockets), RB23a2930 (chemise 

binding on English late 18th-century 

binding, also with pockets, William 

Camden) 

Cherbury, Lord Herbert 

of 

See Herbert 

Cherry, of Wellington Binder 1568/1082 

Chesterfield, Fifth Earl 

of 

See Philip Stanhope 

Chesworth, Frank Binder Collins 412 

Chetwynd Owner 9150gg7, C67f11, C67i10 

Chevalier, Nicolas Owner C30m6 

Chezaud & Brauliet Binder C152k9 (signed) 

Chilliat Binder C150f13 (signed), C152k10 (signed), 

C150f14 (signed) 

Chinese Binding Binder G12186 (silk Chinese binding with 

ivory fastenings) 

Chintz C109aaa17 (covered in William 

Morris Chinz design, Honeysuckle 

large scale), Ashley3691 (same 

material and book)

Chivers, Cedric, of Bath Binder C108bbb3, ?Cup500b44 (signed at

foot on upper cover, but Chivers 

doesn't usually sign like this), 


66 

Choiseul-Beaupre, C. L. Owner G2427 (arms) 

Choiseul - Stainville Owner C46c26 

Cholmondeley, Charles, 

Earl 

Owner C67f21, C112c9 

Chriatian V, King Owner C69f2 (Munich, 1795) 

Christian VI Owner 144g9 (which cyphers of Christian VI 

and Sophia Magdalena) 

Christian VII Owner 85h13 

Christina, Queen of 

Sweden 

Christie & Coy, Caxton 

House, Newcastle on 

Tyne 


Chrystynen, Paul van Owner C67b5 

Churfurst, Carl 

Theodor, Pfalz-Baiern 

Owner C60e1, C66d10, ?C183c13, ?G6328, 

?G6329 

Owner C69f2 

Churton, E. Binder (?) Collins 413 

Cicyll, William 

Myldred 

C65e19 (gold tooled on upper cover, 

English 16th century) 

Claessens, L. Binder C32h6, C33d21, C36a31, C36bb2 

(identical with C36a31), C38c35, 

C53a32, C53b2, C53h3 

Clancarty, Earl of See: T. Hookham (C151e1) 

Clarendon, Second 

Duke of 

Clarenden Press of 

Oxford 

Binder C116h9 

See: Queen's Binder A IV 

Clark and Westley's Binder C30a4, C30k2 

Clark, W. Binder C21e15 

Clarke, C. Binder C39d10, C39g8, C57l20 (signed) 

Clarke, E. Binder C39g8 

Clarke, I., of Ruthin Binder Collins 866 

Clarke, J. Binder C17g6, C70aa3, C132h7, C132h13, 

C132h40, G3992, C25e4, C37a33, 

C110b24, C132h8, C132h21, G5787 

(1704), 1068b30, Huth124, G12107 

(signed), G11930, C154i9 (Ramsden 



IB47060 (signed) retrospective blind 

tooled, 

Clarke, W. Binder C21e15

Clarke & Bedford Binder C45i6, C30a10, C62b16, C108c2, 

C108c1, C132h18, C132h28, 

C132h30, C132h46-48, G472, 

G1170, G1193, G1506, G2005,

Clasps or traces of 

clasps on English 

Bindings 

G2044, G2045, G2374, G2482, 

G3185, G3574, G3888, G3908, 

G3937, G4251, G4308, G4322, 

G4414, G4691, G5146, G5155, 

C21d15, C37c50, C40d11, C58f23, 

C62f15, C62h9, C65g5, C132h9, 

C132h17, C132h22, C132h27, 

C132h37, G6544, G953, G1063, 

G1197, G1248, G5810, G6000, 

G6001, G6002, G6544, G6559-6560, 

G6564-6565, G6567, G11527, 

C126a2, C126a3, 1375a2, 1361c2, 

G10225, G10958, G11272-11274, 

G11368, G11928 

15th century: Davis81, Davis82, 

IB55125, IB55143, IA55598, 

IA55221, IB3615, 16th century: 

?C53i14 (clasps intact), C36f15, 

IA47755, IB7480A, C65e2, C64cc5, 

C66d11, C64c6, C40e2, C186f9, 

C128f8, C108aa1, C69g1, C107e45, 

Davis11, C65b11 (clasps intact), 

Davis10, Davis1, 17th century: 

C40a44, C109r5, C108c31, C128b20, 

C142a5, C188c2, C58cc28 (clasps 

intact), C65a9 (clasps intact), C38b40 

(clasps intact), C51aa11 (clasps 

intact), C27a24 (clasps intact), 

C48a18 (clasps intact), C65e11 

(clasps intact), C65i10 (clasps intact), 

RB23a111 (clasps intact), C109r4 

(clasps intact), C46c20 (clasps 

intact), C118bb10 (clasps intact), 

16th century: Davis9, Davis6, 

Davis55, Davis56, Davis183 (clasps 

intact), Davis70 (clasps intact), 

Davis83, Davis84, Davis85 (clasps 

intact), Davis17 (clasps intact), 

168i30 (clasps intact), C18b11 

(clasps intact), 17th century: C65d5 

(clasps intact), C108d14 (clasps 

intact), C128f7 (clasps intact), 

Davis115 (clasps intact), Davis105 

(clasps intact), Davis98 (clasps 

intact), C108n7 (clasps intact), 

C69ee11 (silver clasps intact), 18th 

century: C128c8 (silver clasps), 

RB8a3 (?Irish, silver clasps) 

Clasps on German 15th-16th centuries: C64c13, C52g9,

Bindings C52h6, C130bb2, C64e7, C64h3, 

C64d5, C54f1, C52h11, C54c4, 

C129k2, C54c14, C54c15, C65g18, 

C102k25, C52h3, C36c13, C17b9, 

C53h2, C31f6, C36c13, C52d13, 

C106e14 (traces), C52d3, C183cc2, 

C66k7, C29h6, C130bb1, C68b7, 

C65gg4, C65bb14, C52cc14, C64a9, 

C127bb12, C130b19, C135d8, 

C36c13 (traces), C65c19, 1509/2041, 

C46d18, C65c5, see separate sheet 

for incunabula 

Clasps on Italian Books 15th-17th centuries: IB21254a, 

IB22637, IB22639, IB 37287 

(traces), Harl2912, Burn245, 15th 

and 16th centuries: Davis769 (traces), 

Davis773, Davis726, Davis728, 

Davis789 (traces), Davis746, 

Davis755 (traces), Davis866, 16th 

century: ?C52g4, C108a11, C53d19, 

C108g15, C28c3, C65bb5 (plaited), 

?C47g18, ?C36b13, C52g4, 

C183a40, Davis855 (17th century), 

Davis834 (19th century, traces), 

Davis790, 16th century: C108a11 

(shell shaped), C29h7, C53d19, 

C108g15, C27g6 (traces?), C48b23 

Clasps on Netherlandish 


Clasps on Netherlandish 

Bindings - Flemish 17th 

and 19th centuries, 

Dutch 17th and 18th 

centuries 

Claudin (A) 

Bookseller refers to: 

David, Bauzonnet, 

Lortic, Cuzin, 

Chambolle 

Bookseller 

Binders 

Clay Ltd., Richard Binder Collins 68 

Clay, Richard & Co. 

Ltd, of Suffolk 


15th and 16th centuries: C129k14, 

C64e5, C42a12, C64g5, C69ff17, 

C66g12, C51aa10 

Flemish 17th century: C67b5, 

C112aa21, 1570/745, Flemish 19th 

century: C108cc12, Dutch 17th 

century: C64b16, C66c6 (silver 

clasps), C65a23, C106e13, C127g25, 

Dutch 18th century: C46c27, 

C64d14, C66i4 (Missal, Antwerp 

1749) 

See Collins 911 (Collins notes in 

Particular Bindings) 

Letter of 12 lines from Claudin to 

Asbee on bookbinding and other 

matters. Claudin may have been 

arranging the binding of Ashbee’s 

famous collection?

Cleeve, Alexander Binder Davis78 (P1533, item 142, c.1690, 

London, signed on a leather strip 

above the turn-in of the lower cover 

'CLEEVE FECIT', probably 

apprenticed to John Harding in 1678), 

292a4 

Cleveland, Catherine 

Lucy Wilhemina, 

Owner Tauch3173-74x (bound by Birdsall)

Dutchess of 

Clement X (Altieri) 

Pope 

Clement XI (Albani) 

Pope 

Clement XII Pope Owner C68d5 

Clement XIII 

(Rezzoicico) Pope 

Clement XIV 

(Ganganelli) Pope 

Owner C68c8, C68c13, C68d11 (as Cardinal 

Altieri), C109c16 (as Cardinal 

Altieri) 

Owner C47b7, C47b11, C47c5, C47c12 (as 

Cardinal Albani), C47c19, ?C47e8, 

C47e9, C47e14, C47f4, C47f11, 

C47g16, C52c6, C54f3, C68a8, 

C68a8, C68a16 (as Cardinal Albani), 

C68d2, C69dd2, C128d6, C104d20 

Owner C47g3, C27e18, C69h4 

Owner C69aa13 

Clements, Jeff Binder C183aa16, C129i2, Davis302 (item 

245, c.1957-58), C188c11 (signed), 

C188c16, Taylor 8., Collins 947 

Clements Collection MicA19956 (microfilm of Clements 

Collection) 

Clements, Newling & 

Co. Ltd., 96 Wood St., 

Cheapside, London 


Cleret Binder C152k11 (signed) 

Clinton See Duke of Newcastle 

Closs Binder C152l1 (signed) 

Cloth, Early English RBa21060 (Loggon, Colloquia, 

1768), not like 19th-century 

publishers' cloth 

Cloutt, W[illiam] F., 30 

Duke St., Bloomsbury, 

London 

Clemont, Comte de, 

Louis de Bourbon- 

Conde 


Owner C108s12 

Clermont, Marie-Anne Owner C69b6 

Club Bindery of New 

York 

Ashley1086 (frontispiece to vol. 8 of 

Abbey Catalogue) 

Clyde Binder C40d29, C150b8 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings, crest 

of Charles Stanhope, Earl of 

Harrington, on covers) IA 24555 

signed Clyde 9 Newman St. 

Clyde, (James) 9 

Newman St 

Binder G6567 (signed), Collins 416 

Coats & Son, J., Leeds Binder Collins 69 

Cobb, J. Binder C150a11 (signed)

Cobden-Sanderson, T J, 

established Doves 

Bindery in 1893 

Binder C68h17, C68i1, C68i2 (RCS), C68i9, 

C68i10 (RCS), C68i11 (RCS), 

?C68i12, C42l12 (Kelmscott 

Chaucer, signed, c.1899), C72a13 

(Charles McLeish, designed by

Cobden-Sanderson, 

pupil of 

Cobden-Sanderson), C66g2 (C-S 

1909, Doves), C68g8, C68i3, C68i4, 

C68i5, C68i6, C68i7, C68i8 (plus 

Doves), C99e12 (plus Doves), 

Ashley5170 (plus Doves), Davis271 

(item 224, dated 1890, for Sir 

Frederick Leighton, signed and dated 

'18.C.S.90.'), Davis272 (item 225, 

designed by Cobden-Sanderson, 

dated 1896, made at the Doves 

Bindery, signed and dated '18 C-S 

96')), Davis273 (item 226, designed 

by Cobden-Sanderson, dated 1899, 

made at the Doves Bindery, signed 

and dated 'The Doves Bindery 18 C-S 

99')), Davis236 (item 227, designed 

by Cobden-Sanderson, dated 1901, 

made at the Doves Bindery, signed 

and dated 'The Doves Bindery 19 C-S 

01') 


Cobenzl, Count of Owner 158b1-18 (arms) 

Cobo, Tomas, Madrid 

19th century 

Cochen, of Tours Binder Cb5c3 

Cockam Lunikaa Binder Taylor 21. 

Cockerell Binder C188a133. 

Binder 1396h8, Davis661 (binder's label) 

Cockerell Archive complete bookbinding archive of 

Douglas and Sydney Cockerell, 

acquired by Department of 

Manuscripts in 1994, contact 

Michelle Brown 

Cockerell, Douglas 

Cockerell, Patience 

Cockerell, Sandy 

C56k?, C56f5, C42a14, C58f13, 

C56i1?, C56f4, C69c6, C72c3 (and 

Son), C98gg22 (and Son), C108d7 

(and Son), C130a19, C55c17, 

C68h14 (and Son), Voyn11, Voyn68, 

Voyn104, 010470e47, AddMs38,819 

(signed, 1903), C59fff6 (1906, 

sealskin) 

4705h22 typed paper relating that 

Binder C183a22, C188a146, 

C188a165,C188a167, 

Binder C108y5, C183b7, C188a112 (signed) 

Cockram, Mark Binder C188c22, Taylor 16, Taylor 17. 

Cockram, Midori 

Kunikata 

Binder C188b21, Taylor21

Cockshaw, J. C. (?), 

Leicester 

Binder (?) Collins 70 

Codrington, Edward Owner C45f17 

Coene, J. Binder C110b22 (signed) 

Coesfeld, Augustinian 

convent 15c Germany, 

Marienbrink 

Coghill, Marmaduke Owner C108c24 

Cohen, Claudia, of 

Easthampton, Mass. 

Coislin, Marquis de, P. 

A. du Cambout, b. 

Niedree 

Coislin de Cambout, P 

de, Bishop of Orleans 

IB2176, IB2177, IB3006, IB4030 

Binder Cup512 b150 (grey decorated paper 

sides) 

Owner C48f16 

Owner C46e19 

Coke Owner C67g6, 3902aa39, C94a2, C94aa2, 

C132h36, C132h41, C132h45, ?C27 

Colbert, J. B., Marquis 

de Seignelay 

Cole, William, 

[Allhalland St.], 

Bideford, [Devon] 


Coleman, Thomas, of 

London 


Colet, Mary Binder C27d15 

Owner C22c13, C46b31, C48g4, C27m1, 

C62i18-19, C64i8, C65aa14, C67b8, 

C67f22, C68b10, C68f1, C68f4, 

C108k6, C129k8, 534k2 (Bibliotheca 

Colbertiana), C128f11, C67b8, 11e6, 

48f5, 75a1, 2h3-10, 47g8, 230k10, 

3h1-6, 199e2, G4218 (arms), G4615 

(arms and initials), G5691 (arms and 

initials), G7697 (arms) 

Colhoun, James, 

Londonderry 


Collard of le Havre Binder C152l2 (signed) 

College Binder = 

Joseph Leathley 

College Royal de Henri 

IV 

Binder C108dd7, Davis310 (item 257, 

c.1750, Dublin) 

Owner C150k7 (stamp) 

Collier, G., 19th century Binder 10210a13 (binder's ticket), C151b9 

(signed), C150a12 (signed), 

3022bb10 

Collier, G[eorge] & 

Son, 72 Hatton Garden, 

London 


[Joseph] Collier [snr] Binder Collins 419, Collins 421

Collin, W., of Berlin Binder C58c16, C58c18 (C58c15, C58c19, 

C58c20 are similar), C59 h5 

Collings. E., age 13 yrs. 

Margaret Sewell School 


Collinson Binder C108aa23 

R. Collison, Mansfield Binder Collins 72 a and b 

Colonna Owner AddMS 28,503 (arms of Castro, 

Colonna and Toledo with ducal 

coronet, ?17th century) 

Colonna, Lorenzo Owner C47d20, C67c28 

Coloured Paper, Books 

printed on 

C29c3, C29c10, C29d9, C29c4, 

G11094-11102, C29d10, C30c7, 

7097c10, G10474, G11103, 28m16, 

C51a20, C67d14, G17923

Coltempo, Italy, 16th 

century 

Colton & Jenkins Binder 1431f2 

Colwell, S. Binder Collins 73 

Combe Binder C129c14 

Davis758 (legend and astrolabe 

tooled in gold) 

C. Combe M. O. C23a1 ('C. Combe M. O.' stamped in 

blind on cover) 

Combe, C. Owner C25d7, C110d2-3 

Comeleran Binder C152l3 (Ramsden Collection of 


Commins of Weymouth Binder RB23a17104 (binder's ticket on 

Salomon Gessner, The death of Abel, 

1824) 

Commonwealth 

(Cromwell's England) 


Company of Stationers Owner C72a3 

Comte D'Artois, 

afterwards Charles X 

Comte de Chambord 

Henri (by Bacharach) 

Owner C155g11 (arms) 

Owner Davis553 

Conde, Prince de Owner C48c11, C48g3 (Louis de Bourbon), 

G11013 (arms) 

Condie, David, of 

Worcester 

Condie, James, 

Paisley 

Confreres de la Morte, 

Penitant order founded 

by Henri III 

Binder Collins 75, C151b10 (signed) 


Owner C129mm4 

Constable Owner C39d27, ?G3630 (1633), ?C25c3, 

G3630 (arms), G5262 (arms) 

Contarini, Tomaso Owner AddMS25035 (16th century, Italian, 

on dogal commission) 

Conradus de Argentina IC19526 (German, 15th century) 

Consilio et animus C67a14, C67b16 

Conway, Stephen Binder C188c18 (bound in 1998, English), 

Taylor 13, Taylor 15, Taylor 19 

Cony, Henry Binder Davis82 (c.1493, London) 

Cook, L. Binder C150a13 (Ramsden Collection of 


Cook and Somerville, 

of New York 

Binder C183aa2 

Cooke, G. Binder C151b12 (signed) 

Cooke, H. T., of 

Warwick 

Binder C151b11 (signed)

Cooke, Oliver D., of 

Hartford 

Cooper, Charles, 8 & 9 

Coach Yard, Bull St., 

Birmingham 

Cooper's, of Croydon, 

19th century 

C109 ff2 


Coote Owner C46g7 

Coppinger, J. IB41370 

Binder RB31c24 (binder's ticket, gold and 

blind tooled sheep) 

Corberan, Simon Binder Davis519 (for Peiresc?) 

Cordaval, L., 17 

Chandos Street, Covent 

Garden) 

Binder 2b2,3 (Oxford University arms), 

C150a14 (signed) 

Cordelle, lehanne Owner C129i4 (name stamped on upper 

cover) 

Corden, W., of 

Brentwood, 19th 

century 

Binder awaiting pressmark (binder's ticket) 

Cordray, Rouille du Owner C69dd9, C188b46. 

Cordue, W., 18th 

century, ?English 

Binder C188b46 (singed) 

Corfmat Binder C97b17, C152l5 (Ramsden 


C152l4 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C150f17 (Ramsden 


C150f18 (Ramsden Collection of 



C150f16 (Ramsden Collection of 



Cork, books bound in C190d9 (also printed on cork), c96e7 

(also printed on cork, Spanish) 

Cork & Orrery, Earl of Owner C107bb68 

Cornish brothers, 

Birmingham 

Binder C115m17, C115s9, C115tt5, 

C115tt23, Collins 77 (?) 

Cortes, Jesus Binder C180k10 (Madrid 1977, cloth and 

marbled endleaves) 

Cortezo, Daniel, 

publisher, Barcelona 

19th century 

YA1992b511 (10 red cloth 

publisher's bindings, covers, no texts) 

Cortina, J. Gomez de la Owner C20b13, C38h8, C40a48 (Cape), 

C40b31 (Hardy), C44a12, C48c17, 

C48d15 (Duru), C48f6, C31h10, 

C57c34, C62f10, C62f20, C62f3, 

C62g6, C62h6, C63b38, C63g30,

C63g36, C63i3, C63m2, C63m19, 

C111aa6, C128e17, C130a27 (Duru), 

Cup402 k11 

Cor vnv via vna motto, see Lord Burleigh 

Coscia, Niccolo, 

Archbishop of Naples 

Cosmo III de Medici, 

Duke of Tuscany 

Coster, Germaine de & 

Helene Dumas 

Owner 7g9-11 

Owner C47c2 

Binder C108eee15 

Costey Binder C150g1 

Cosway Binding Davis275 (signed Bayntun (Riviere) 

Bath), C108e17 

Cotton, Sir Robert 

Bruce 

Owner 1079l11 

Cottonian Library see Southey, Robert 

Cotty, Demoiselles Binder C152l6 (signed), C152l7(1) (signed) 

Caubert, Bernard Owner C67h16 

Couchman, Edward Binder C151b12 (signed) 

Courart, Valentin Owner C68e3 

Courmont, H. de Binder C59d14 

Courteval Binder G9758, C15218 (Ramsden Collection 

of signed bindings), C152i9 


bindings), C150g2 (attributed to 

Courteval) 

Courtenvaux, Marquis 

de le Fellier 

Owner C67a6 

Courtier Binder Collins 867 

Courtier, [Charles], 

London 

Coventry, Thomas, Earl 

of 



Owner C66f18 (Settle 1712) 

Coventry (the family) Owner C154b2 (arms) 

Coverly, Roger de Binder C38c52, C51aa6, C51b9, C52a10, 

C58g15, C108d11, C108gg15, 

C111aa25, C118b20, C132i25, 

C134d7, C38b30, C38c27, C38c37, 

C40c39, C41e23, C44c7, C51a7, 

C51g4, C53a42, C53h12, C54a11, 

C54a12, C57b52, C58bb11, C69dd6, 

C71a7, C116a56, C54e1, C59i12, 

C71e23, 816g36 (plain, fillet, signed, 

Ashbee note of binding 1897), 

C108gg15 (bound for Ashbee, vellum 

tooled and onlaid and doublures, 

price in Ashbee's hand on lower

Covert, Sir Walter Owner 137f16 (arms) 

flyleaf £2.17.7, binding 1882), 

11899.cc.24 part of Ashbee bequest. 

See also contents of bindings 

cupboard in BEPC office. Cerv 112, 

115, 316 all examples of marbled 

leather and signed. 

Cowards Trustees Owner 1568/4507 (gift of Cowards Trustees 

blind tooled on upper cover of 

Yourth's Monitor by John Guyse, 

London, 1747) 

Cowper, Earl Owner C64h7 

Cox & Co., Sydney Binder Collins 1000 

Cox of Chicago Binder C188a160 (C19th US gold tooled red 

goatskin) C188a160 

Cox, William Binder C109r2 ('Wm Cox fecit' on fore-edge, 

rather faded, English 17th century) 

Cracherode, Clayton 

Mordaunt (1730-1799) 

Cracorius, Georgius Owner C52k2 

Craftsmen Bookbinders 

of Portland, Maine 

Owner C19c33, C19c31 (also de Thou), 

C19d4 (H. Walther), C19d5 (R. 

Payne), C19e3 (R. Payne), C19f2 

(?R. Payne), C48l2 (R. Payne), 

IB27657a, C19f26, ?C17c6, 

?C21a18, ?687h6, ?685a22 (C.M.C.), 

?681a20 (monogram and arms), 

C19f22, C20d9, C21a18, C21b4, 

C39a3, C29h9, C23a8, C29i1, 

C19d11 

Binder Cup407ff18 

Craig, Edward Gordon 10827de7 (publisher's binding of 

Ellen Terry's biography designed by 

her son, Edward Gordon Craig, late 

19th century England) 

Craissati freres, Cairo Binder Collins 953 

Cramoisy, Sebastian Owner G7840 (arms) 

Crane, W. J. Eden Binder? Collins 1005 

Crassol, Duc de see Carroll 

Craven, E., 

of Keighley 


Craven Herald Works, 

The, Skipton 


Crawford, W. Binder C151b13 (signed) 

Crawford, of Edinburgh Binder C154i10 (signed) 

Cray, John Binder Collins 1037 

Cremeaux, L. C. de, 

Marquis d'Entragues 

Owner G4488 (arms)

Cremer, Henry Binder C9d4 

Creswick. W Binder Collins 428, Collins 430 

Creswick & Co., 12 Gt. 

Portland St., London 

Crocodile (skin 

binding) 

Crombrugghe, Victor 

van 


X800/4453 

Binder Davis598 (item 289, c.1506, Ghent)

Cromwell, Oliver 

("reigned" 1653-8) 

Crosilhes, of 

Montauban 

Cross, C., binder to the 

queen 

Cross, Thomas, 4 

Bartlett’s Buildings, 

Holborn, London 

Crossley & Clarke, of 

Harrow 

Crowther & Goodman, 

124 Fenchurch Street 

and Fen Court, London 

Crozak, L. A., Baron de 

Thiers 

Owner 75h13 

Binder C152l10 (signed) 




Binder ?Collins 435 

Owner G14972-3 (arms) 

Crucifer Binder Binder Davis83 (early 16th century, Crucifer 

Binder may have been, or been 

employed by, Richard Pynson), 

AddMS22573 (same tools) 

Cruickshank, C., of 

Liverpool 

Cruickshank, G. of 

Liverpool 

Binder C108d24 


Culemberg 166n7 (arms of Culemberg on Dutch 

school prize, c.1745) 

Cumberland, John? Binder? Collins 436 (probably a remainder 

binding) 

Cunningham & Son, 

T[homas], Ashtonunder-Lyne 


Cupid's Bow Binder Binder C132i61 (for J. Grolier), Davis360, 

Davis402, Davis497-499 (for Marc 

Laurin) 

Currie, Miss C B Fore Edge 

Painter 

C55c37 (fore edge with number 64), 

C108c17 (miniature on Cosway 

binding) 

Curtis, S. Binder RB23a9980 (binder's label, 19th 

century, English, cloth), RB23a17868 

(ticket)., Collins 437, Collins 438 (?), 

Collins 1035 

Curtis, [William], [West 

St.], Alresford, [Hants] 


Curson, W. Binder Collins 82 

Curzon Owner IB10904 (arms) 

Cussons, David, Market 

Sq., Horncastle, Lincs 

Binder Collins 84

Cut Leather and Vellum 

used on bindings 

Cut Leather, Oriental 

Influenced Filigree 

Cuyls Binder C155f15 (signed) 

MSSYT29, Davis808, C46f5, C24e7, 

C19c14, C19c13, C48a3, Music 

Hirsch I.256, also some incunables. 

Davis808 (doublure), MSYates 

Thompson29 (Bologna, c.1500, The 

Ghislieri Hours, doublures, this may 

be tooling rather than cut leather, see 

Hobson, Humanists, p. 105) 

Cuzin C57a13, C59d13, C59d16, Davis554 

Czech bindings RB31c477, YF2004a9280 (20th c. 

textile binding), YF2004a9050 (20th 

c.), RB23c499, RF2004a35 (20th c.) 

Czeczot HS74/1048 (20th century, Polish, 

blocked in black with designs by 

Czeczot)

D 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

D., E. See Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 

D., F. C48f17 (initials gold tooled on English 

binding) 

D., H. C104d11 (panel of Fortuna signed H D, 

Germany, 16th century) 

D., H. F. C106e12 (initials blind tooled on 

Annunciation panel, ?Germany, 16th 

century) 

D., I. See L. D. 

D., K. See Kenelm Digby 

D., L. Davis100 (item 96, c.1647, embroidered 

with heart containing initials L D and I D) 

D., M. C65bb10 (on panel with arms of Henry 

VIII), see for Dature, Martin 

D., N. C39a52 

D., P. Davis645 (item 362, dated 1736, upper 

cover has initials P D and date 1736) 

D., N. P. C64b16 (N P D gold tooled on upper cover 

and ANNO . I.C. BLAVWERT & 1673 

gold tooled on lower cover, Dutch) 

D., R. C109d1 

D., S. Cup410f667 (19th century, with signature 

D. S.) 

D., S. C108bb39 (initials gold tooled on English 

1600-1650 binding) 

D., W. C72b1 (initials tooled on English 1600- 

1650 binding, Bible, London 1648) 

D., Wm. Binder Collins 976 

Daele, Van den Owner C69b7 

Daguesseau Owner L35/53 

Dallas, Mrs Owner RB23a16806 (presentation copy bound by 

Gutch & Co., Southampton) 

Dandolo Owner Add MS16,996 (arms on 16th-century 

Italian binding) 

Dannebrog, Order 

of, Denmark 

Dantec, A. Le, of 

Morlaix 

202g13 (c.1731) 

Binder C155h4 (signed)

Darcy, J., of 

Dublin 

Dare Quam 

Acciperre 

Binder C127dd1,1568/1042 

Darley, Lionel Binder C108 x11 

C48h12 (motto, ?with arms of Swinborne, 

Porta, Natural Magick, 1658) 

Dassel, Anna van ?Owner C106e12 (name blind tooled on upper 

cover, 1567 blind tooled on lower cover) 

Dated Bindings 1509/2041 (1582 tooled on pigskin, 

German), C183aa10 ([15]90 tooled on calf, 

German), C131ff9 (1587 tooled on pigskin, 

German), C104d8(1-2) (1562 tooled on 

calf, German), C104d11 (1606 incorporated 

in coat of arms, German), C109bb19 (1676 

incorporated in coat of arms of Sigmund 

Casimir, Count of Lynar), C129m2 (1648 

presentation binding to Johann von 

Aichpichl), C129c26 (1759 incorporated in 

coat of arms of Berthold 

III, Abbot of Kremsmuenster, 1744 

incorporated in coat of arms of 

Ritterakademie Kremsmuenster), C129f10 

(1798 gold tooled on upper cover), 

C129i20 (1911 blind tooled on lower 

cover, 20th century, German), C106e12 

(1567 blind tooled on Annunciation panel), 

C104f18 (1841 gold tooled on green onlay, 

Dutch), C65gg1 ANNO gold tooled on 

upper cover, 1663 on lower cover, Dutch), 

C64b16 (ANNO gold tooled on upper 

cover, 1673 on lower cover, Dutch), C48i8 

(1605 gold tooled on lower cover), C35c19 

(1559 gold tooled on ?upper cover), 

C24c20 (MDLII gold tooled on King 

Edward and Queen Mary Binder for 

Edward VI), C41b24 (1885 gold tooled on 

upper cover, 18th century, English), 

C143c2 (1791 gold tooled on lower cover 

of English prize binding), C128? (1604 

stamped on English binding), C110e6 

(Germany 1584), C188a35 (Germany 

1572), C23a1 (1548, Daniel 1545), C23e10 

(1568, Bible, Lyons, 1566), C24e25 (1552, 

Justinian, 1550), C68e15, C66b18 (1779, 

Common Prayer, Dublin, 1765), C67e1 

(1603, Sa. Scholia, Lugd. 1603, Townley), 

G12228 (1591, Holy Bible, London 1588, 

arms of Sir C. Hatton), RB23a13884 (dated 

binder's ink stamp July 1835, Smith & Son,

Dature, Martin (M 

D) 

London) 

Binder ?C40e36 (monogram), C67b19, ?C69a20 

(bound by Dature), ?C69c15, C69d15, 

Davis18 (item 31, c.1540, London, both 

panels signed), Davis19 (item 32, c. 1547, 

London, both panels signed) 

Dauphin Binder C152i12 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C152l11 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C150g4 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C152l13 

(Ramsden Collection of signed bindings) 

David C39c16, C48a8, C53aa6, C57b20, C63a32 

David, A., of 

Lisbon 

Binder C129a24, C142a18 

David, S. Binder Davis585 

Davies, D., 

Carne (Carnau) 


Davies, D., of 

Cowbridge (more 

likely to be 

identified with D. 

Davies of Treboeth, 

then Clydach; also 

Colwinston) 


Davies, Nesta Binder C188b22 

Davies, R., 

bookseller, 

stationer and 

bookbinder 

opposite Dee's 

Royal Hotel, 

Temple Row, 

Birmingham 

Davies, H., 

of ? Kendal 

Davis, D., of 

Cambridge 

Davis, D[avid], of 

Cowbridge 

Davison, [John], 

Jewin Crescent, 

London 

Davison, [Mrs. 

Mary], Jewin 

Crescent, London 

Binder C150a15 (signed), LR300bbb11 (ticket) 


Binder RB23a18356 (binder's ticket), C109aaa16 




Dawson, Thomas Binder C65gg5, Davis75 (item 136, 1680s, 

Cambridge), Davis76 (item 137, c.1692, 

Cambridge)

Dawson & Lewis, 

5 Richmond 

Buildings, Soho 

Binder C59d26, Davis195 (item 212, c.1822, 

London, sold by Rodwell and Martin, 46 

New Bond St (ticket)), C154i11 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings, arms of Hon. 

William Ponsonby, afterwards Lord de 

Manley, on covers), C154i12 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C151b17 

(signed), C151b15 (signed), C151b16 

(signed), C154i13 (Ramsden Collection of 


Day, Charles, 

Mount St., London 


Day, John Binder ?C18b11, ?675f16, 3908b? 

Day & Son Binder C43g5 

Dearden, 

W., of 

Nottingham 

Debonnelle, 

Massan 

Debourdeaux, of 

Gambais 


Binder C57c29 

Binder C153a1 (signed)

De Courmont, H. Binder C59d14 

De Coverley, 

London 

Deflinne, of 

Tournai 


Binder C154g20 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Deforge, Isidore Binder C155g1 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C153a3 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C153a2 (Ramsden 


Delagoutt of Dijon Binder C150g5 (signed) 

Delamere, Lady Owner C183a34 

Delanoe, Pere Binder C34h17, C39e15, C63b40, C107bb1, 

IB.26045 

Delarue, G. Binder C151b18 (signed) 

De la Rue & Co., 

London 

Binder C65bb9, C108b20, C150a16, RM18a23 

(Music MS, signed embossed plate), 

Collins 443 

Delaunay, of Paris Binder C37h10, C155g2 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C150g6 (signed) 

Delive Paul Binder Taylor 10 

Delhalle Binder C153a4 (signed) 

Delmas-Bilmar Binder C155g3 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Delrieu, of Pav Binder C153a6 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings, author's presentation copy to the 

Duc de Nemours), C153a5 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings, author's 

presentation copy to the Duc de Nemours) 

Delsol Binder C155g4 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Demon Binder Binder IB3600, IB22910 

Denaix Binder C153a8 (signed) 

Denk See Huebel & Denk 

Denmark arms Davis692 

Denner, G., of 

Sidmouth 

Denner, T & G of 

Sidmouth 

advert in Penn's Pharmacology, 1822, in 

Edinburgh University Library, see 'Henry 

Davis and other institions' file 


Dennis & 

Holloway, 82 

Newborough St., 

Scarborough 


Dent, London Binder Collins 89 (?) 

Depont Binder C153a7 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings)

Dering, Sir Ed. 

(1598-1644) 

Derome L'Aine, 

Jacques Antoine 

Derome le Jeune, 

Nicolas Denis 

Owner C143c3, C46d24, G1572 (arms), G4633 

(arms), T800 

Binder 77b12,13 (French royal arms), 156a23 

(French royal arms and ticket), 78b8, 

Davis487, G9204 ('dentelle a l'oiseau') 

Binder C22f3 (ticket), C26m13, C42c9-12, C42d4, 

C56b1, C128e2, C19c24, C30c9, ?C6a2,

Deschlein, F., 

Dukes Court, St 

Martins Lane 

Descoubleau Owner C64f9 

C11d6, IB19552, IB28021, 4016b34 

(ticket), G8156 (ticket), G9448 (ticket), 

G9469-71 (ticket), G9829-30 (ticket), 

G11327 (ticket), G17680-87 (ticket), 

Davis546, Davis545, Davis563, Davis487- 

490, ?Davis 541, ?Davis540, Davis486, 

Collins 912 (?) 

Binder G4379 

Desloge Binder C153a9 (signed) 

Desmaisons Binder C150g8 (signed), C150g7 (signed), 


Desrez, A. Binder C153a11 (signed A. Desrez Editeur, 

Ramsden Collection of signed bindings) 

Despierres Binder 1412b24 (brown calf, diced sides, gilt back 

and sides, signed) 

Desrvisseaux of 

Caen 

Binder C153a13 (signed), C153a12 (signed), 


DEVS ALIT ME motto of Williams, Theodre 

Deus det nobis 

suam pacem, et 

post mortem vitam 

eternam amen 

DEUS NOBIS 

PACE OTIA 

FECIT 

motto, C65c1, C65aa13 (with arms and 

badges of Henry VIII) 

motto, Liverpool 

Devers, of Lyons Binder C153b2 (signed), C153b1 (attributed to 

Devers), Davis569, C153b3 (signed), 

C150g9 (signed) 

Devillers Binder C153b4 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Devonshire, Duke 

of Cavendish 

Owner C132i10, C132i4, C132i4, C132i6-7, 

C132i11, C132i36, C132i38-48 

(Roxburgh), C132i54, C132i59, C1b4, 

C1b3 

Devotional Binder Binder C108d32, C69dd4, Davis71 (item 124, 

c.1675, London), Davis119 (item 125, 

c.1676, London), ?Davis121 (item 128, 

c.1678, possibly made in London by an 

imitator of the Devotional Binder) 

Dewar, James, of 

Perth 


Dewatines, of Lille Binder C155g5 (signed)

Diane de Poitiers Owner Davis502 

Diboll & Son, 

Howard St., 

Yarmouth 

Dickenson, of 

Cambridge 

Elizabeth 

Dickinson's Binder 


Binder C151c1 (signed) 

Binder Davis74 (item 135, 1680s) 

Diderot, D. & 

d’Alembert, J. 

Collins 1006 

Didier Binder C153b5 

DIEU DEFENDE 

LE DROIT 

DIEU DEFEND 

LE DROIT 

motto, Spencer-Churchill 

motto, Earl of Sunderland 

Digby, Sir Kenelm Owner C66a5 (French, cypher and arms), C67e9 

(cypher and arms), C67e17, C67i1 (cypher 

and arms), C46a30 (cypher and arms), 

C37b48 (cypher and arms), C65c22, G8331 

(arms), G8329 

Dillan Binder ?C67c1, ?Add MS12,062 

Dillon Binder C151c2 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Dillon, of Chelsea Binder C154i15 (signed) 

Dillow, Ron Binder HS74/26 (relief sculpture on upper cover) 

Dilworth, R., of 

Liverpool 

Binder C154i16 (signed) 

Disney, John Owner G506 (crest), G16100 (crest, initials, 

bookplate, gift of Thomas Hollis) 

Dobson, London Binder Collins 444, Collins 445, Collins 446 

Dodd, George Binder? Collins 1007 

Dode Binder C114a16 

Dodge, I. & S., of 

Stockport 

Dodge, Samuel, of 

Stockport 

Does, Ysbrant van 

der 

Binder C151c3 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Binder C154i17 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Owner C46i8 (name gold tooled on upper cover, 

1605 gold tooled on lower cover, Dutch) 

Doll Binder C41a29, C155g6 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C153b7 (signed), C153b6 

(signed) 

Doll, F., Paris Binder Collins 913 

Dollard of Dublin Binder Collins 279

DOMINUS 

ILLUMINATIO 

MEA 

Donatus, P. B. R. Binder Davis654 

Dondey-Dupre Binder C153b9 (signed) 

Dorfner, Otto, of 

Weimar 

Binder C97e5 

current motto of Oxford University, C7d12 

Dori, Alfonso, Binder Tauch2544 (ticket), Tauch 515-6,

Book-Binder 

Borgoss. Apostoli, 

14, Florence 

Dormael of Lille Binder Collins 914 

Tauch3951, Tauch 3951a, Collins 936 

Dormer, R. See Carnarvon, Earl of, C66e17 

Dorset, Earl of 

Sackville 

Owner C48d18 

Dory Binder C153b8 (signed) 

Dos-a-dos C65b8, C69bb19, C17b10, C144a1, 

?C23e10 (for Queen Elizabeth I), C46a29, 

C65a22, C65i1, C65i2, C65i3, C65i7, 

G11669, C69bb19, C17b10 

Douceur, Louis Binder C14b7, Davis543-544 

Douglas, Duke of 

Queensberry 

Douglas, Kenth, of 

Inverness 

Douglas & Foulis, 

of Edinburgh 

Douglas, William, 

Duke of 

Queensberry 

See Queensberry 

Binder RB23a16948 (pink ticket: Bound + sold by 

Kenth Douglas Inverness) 

Binder C29f23 


Doves Bindery Binder C42l12 (1899), C66g2, C68g8, C68i3 

(Cobden-Sanderson, 1913), C68i4 





(Cobden-Sanderson, 1921), C68i15-17, 

C98a5, C99a3, C99g8, C99g24, C108d6 

(Cobden-Sanderson, 1913), C108n5, see 

also Cobden- Sanderson: Davis271, 

Davis272, Davis236, some books bound in 

plain vellum and printed by the Doves 

Press are in B2 Strongroom and are not 

catalogued 

Dow (James) of 

Inverness 


Dow & Lester Binder C99d37, Collins 447 

Dowdeswell Owner C67f15 

Downing, Wm M., 

of Belfast 

Doyle, P. J., of 

Dublin 


Dragon Binder Binder C48i5 

Binder C151c4 (signed), ?Collins 280

Drake, Driver & 

Leaver, Rosebery 

Av. & Warner St., 

London 

Drake, R. Ingalton 

[of Eton] 

Drechsler, Joseph, 

of Vienna 

Dreyfous, of 

London 

D'Rozario, M., of 

Calcutta 




Binder C151c5 (folder in gold tooled red morocco, 

signed by Dreyfous of London, c.1840) 


Druot Owner C46b11 

Dryerre, D., of 

Luton 


Dublin Davis316 (item 259, c.1765, Dublin), 

Davis298 (item 260, c.1782, Dublin), same 

binder but unknown, check also boxes of 

rubbings 

Dublin Castle 

Chapel 1770 

Owner C66k4 

Dubois-Delacre, 

fils, rue de l’ecole 

34, Boulogne-sur- 

Mer 


Duquesne of Ghent Binder C150m14 (signed) 

Dubuisson, P. P. Binder Davis560, c130c1 (1761) 

Ducastin Binder C71b4, C131b21, Davis576 

Ducay Binder C153b10 (signed) 

Ducrocq Binder C155g8 (signed) 

Dudley, Robert, 

Earl of Leicester 

Owner C18d5 (repaired by Tuckett), C19c23, 

C20a2, C46d14, C64b2, C64i6, C64b2, 

Add MS15091, Add MS611780, C183a25, 

Davis23 (item 41, c.1560, London, initials 

in centre), Davis89 (item 42, c.1577, 

London, by E. D. signed, also centre 

cartouche containing sunk medallion with 

badge of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 

'secret signature'), Davis24 (item 43, 

c.1580, London, dedication to R. D., 

initials R. D.) 

Dudley Binder Binder C108i11, C20a24, C19c23, C108cc26 

(Seymour?) 

Dufey of Nancy Binder C150g10 (signed), C150g11 (signed) 

Duisberg, F. Binder Davis666 (item 314, c.1740, Amsterdam, 

underneath each centre piece is a scroll 

with Duisberg F)

Dumas, Helene and 

Germaine de 

Coster 

Binder C108eee15 

Dumergue Binder C153b11 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Dumond, Aine Binder C153b12 (signed) 

Dumont, of 

Brussells 

Binder C68k3, C150g12 (signed)

Dun & Bradstreet Binder Cup408l13 (on the occasion of its 100th 

anniversay 1841-1941, publisher's binding, 

name on spine) 

Duncombe, Sir 

Charles 

Duncote Binder C39b25 

Dundonald, Earl of 

Cochrane 

Dunford, G., 

Newport (IoW) 

Dungarvan, 

Viscount 

See Elkanah Settle's binder 

Owner C66f16 (1720) 


Owner G4771 

Dunn Binder C108pp4 

Duodo, Pietro Owner C19a10 (arms and device), Davis450, 

C19a15, C19a19,C69bb18 

Dupin, fils of 

Lyons 


Duplanil Binder C153b15 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C153b14 (signed), C150g13 

(signed), C150g14 (signed), C153b16 

(signed) 

Du Quesne Binder 12316a34 

Durand Binder C160g15 (signed) 

Durvand (Paris) Binder C194c67 

Duras, Duc de, 

Durfort 

Owner C30a3, C27e16 (wife of Durfort) 

Durci, Bois Binder C30b2-3, C30g5, C30g1, C30l12 

Durnford, G., 

Newport, IoW 

Durollet, of 

Joinville 


Binder C153b17 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings)

Duru, ?H. Binder C25l13, C27h9, C27m6 (1853), C29e8 

(1850), C30c14 (1849), C30d40, C30e15, 

C30m9 (1845), C31a8 (1850), C31b34, 

C31b35 (1953), C31b36 (1859), C31f14 

(1851), C32c13 (1850), C33a37, C33b42 

(1861), C34m2 (1845), C36b33, C37b19, 

C38a34 (1855), C38b23 (1847), C39a64, 

C39a67 (1851), C39b61 (1853), C39b62 

(1848), C39c47-54 (1852), C39d11 (1845), 

C39d15 (1845), C39d16 (1845), C39e23 

(1845), C39i7 (1845), C34a24 (1851), 

C34a26 (1851), C34a30 (1850), C34a31 

(1853), C34a33 (1850), C34a34 (1850), 

C34a36 (1853), C34a38 (1853), C34a40 

(1853), C34a41 (1850), C34a42 (1850), 

C34a49 (1861), C34g29 (1845), C34i7 

(1851), C34l19 (1848), C34l20 (1845), 

C34l21 (1845), C40b22 (1856), C40b43 

(1858), C40b44 (1847), C40b45 (1854),

C40c41, C40c58 (1851), C40c62 (1859), 

C41a26 (1850), C41k1 (1853), C46a20 

(1849), C47b15 (1851), C47d1 (1844), 

C47h12 (1851), C48a16, C48d15 (1851), 

C57aa4 (1857), C57a4 (1847), C57a8 

(1860), C62a17 (1849), C97aa12 (1848), 

C97g4 (1851), C107a13, C107c9 (1845), 

C37a34, C38a37, C57c17 (1852), C62a12 

(1861), C96a8 (1852), C97a5 (1860), 

C97aa1, C108a10 (1850), C110g13, 

C112aa12 (1845), C130a27, IB42003 

(signature and date). 

Durvand Binder C30b25, C130i6, 7808a100 

Durville of 

Montpellier 

Binder C155g7 (signed), C150g16 (signed) 

Duseuil (?) Binder Davis532, Davis474 

Dutch towns and 

provinces (arms on 

bindings) 

C188a11, C108bb7, Davis666 

Dutch papers A collection of colour-printed and marbled 

papers used as covers for pamphlets in the 

17th and 18th centuries, C133h7 

Dutta, C. Binder RB23a12643 (MS. note: rebound by C. 

Dutta, Aug. 1985 

Duval, Jean Binder C161d3 

Dymoke C37b42 

Dymott, Mary Binder C151c6 (attributed to Mary Dymott; 

Ramsden Collection of signed bindings) 

Dymott, Richard Binder ?IB20487a (note inside says presented by 

Wheatley bound by D), Davis70 

E 

Name 

Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

E., M. Binder Davis15 (item 24, c.1530, signed: ME) 

V.D.M.I.AE. See: Wolf Conrad Schwickart 

Eastwood, Hy., 40 

St. James’ St. 

Burnley 

Ebeleben, Nikolaus 

von 

Ecce Ancilla 

Domini / Iat Midi 

Secundum Verbum 

Turum 


Owner Davis839, Davis796, see: Thomas 

Stelbogen (Davis691) 

C66c10, C64d11, C66d11, with panel 

stamps of the Annunciation and St 

Nicholas

Eccles, S., 5 

Diamond, Coleraine 

Echenbauer, Anton, 

of Vienna 

Echter, Julius, 

Bishop of Wurz 

Eddowes, W. & J., 

of Shrewsbury 

Edges, painted, 

decorated 



Owner C68a17, C69a14, C68e13 

Binder C154i18 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C188c15 (signed: J E) 

C23e11 (Bible 1543, Henry VIII), 7f13 

(Common Prayer 1669, Charles II), 7h1 

(Bible 1685, James II), 11g5 (Common 

Prayer 1681), C14e13 (Common Prayer 

1662, Mearne), C108tt6 (Bible 1659, 

Mearne), C108tt7, 201h6,7 (Fox, 

Martyrs, 1641, Fletcher), C7d15-18, 

C65e9 (Bible 1669, Queen's Binder A), 

C65f1 (F. la Mothe le Vayer, Notina 

1678, R. Bartlett), C108d35 (Common 

Prayer 1668, Balley), C108i14 (Charles 

I, Works 1662, J. Houlden), C109m45, 

C109r2 (flowers and inscription 'Wm 

Cox fecit', faded), C170c26, C170c28 

(for Charles II), C183c14 (on English 

17th-century binding), Davis70, Davis73 

(Roger Bartlett), Davis77, Davis115, 


Davis196, Davis210, Davis690 (item 

332, fore-edge painted by Vecellio, 

South German, c.1547-50), C65e8 (view 

of Eton College, perhaps later), C65e7, 

13b6 (Wollaston 1726), 31e12 

(Pemberton 1728, for Brindley), 43f16 

(R. Holland, for Brindley), 64i6 

(Cavendish, for Brindley), 47i12 

(Cheselden 1733, for Brindley), 

C108e15 (for Brindley), C108t1, 2a17 

(Prayer Book 1760, Edwards of Halifax 

for Queen Charlotte), C151c9 (Edwards, 

edge added later), Davis210 (edge 

probably later), C150b15, C170g1, 

C188a38, C193a254, C65e7, C108d24 

(double fore-edge painted c.1955), 

C129f12 (by M. Frost), C7d15 (Bible 

1674, Queen's Binder A), C48g1 (Book 

of Common Prayer, 1670, Crucifixion), 

C108e15 (Actieri for Brindley), C108n7 

(Bible 1657, Evans), C108y2 (fore-edge 

by Margaret Allport), C151c9 (Edwards 

with later edge), 13b6 (for Brindley), 

2a17 (Edwards of Halifax), 64i6, 

?210h5,7, Add MS15542 f136 (fore-

Edinburgh, coat of 

arms of the city of 

Edinburgh 

Edinburgh, 

University of 

Edmond, J. & J. P., 

& Spark, 54 Queen 

St., Aberdeen 

Edmonds, 6 

Commerical Place, 

Brixton 

Edmonds & 

Remnants, London 

Edmonds v 

Remnant 

Edoardus Dering 

Miles et Baronettus 

Education Society's 

Press Bycullah 

edge painting of Hampstead and 

Highgate by Samuel Hieronymous 

Grim, 1793), C55c37 (by Mrs Currie), 

C65k13, Cerv29, IB10519 (on German 

incunable, not checked whether it's 

contemporary), C27e18 (Italian 18th- 

century binding for Pope Clement XIII), 

C66a26 (German 17th century), 

C64cc13 (title on gilt fore-edge written 

in red), C193a254 (fore-edge painted 

under gilt, 19th century, ?Scotland), 

C66h11 (cross 'branded' into fore-edge 

of German 16th-century blind tooled 

pigskin binding) 

C65hh5 (motto: Nisi Dominus Frvstra), 

Davis244-245 (item 271, early 18th 

century), Davis246 (item 272, c.1715), 

Davis247 (item 273, c.1720), Davis248 

(item 274, c.1720), Davis285-286 (item 

275, c.1730), Davis287 (item 276, 

c.1734), Davis249 (item 277, c.1744), 

Davis288 (item 278, c.1760), Davis295- 

297 (item 279, c.1764), Davis289 (item 

280, c.1772), Davis253-254 (item 283, 

c.1791), Davis290 (item 284, c.1792), 

this binder seems to have specialised in 

thesis bindings and worked for Balfour 

and Smellie; see also: boxes of rubbings 

8365g10 (arms of the University of 

Edinburgh blocked in silver) 

Collins 763 (gilt stamp on spine) 




Collins 454 

Binder See: Remnant v Edmonds 

G1572 

Binder Cup408a50 (printed label on lower 

cover pastedown: Bound at Education 

Society's Press Bycullah.), Collins 

992, Collins 993

Edward VI King of 

England 

Owner C17a19, C24c20 (backless binding), 

G7851, C17a31, C65g10, ?C37e23, 

C66b14, C46c28, C66g2, C45a13, 

C66g6, C46e7, C66h1, C46e13, C83i8, 

C48f3, Royal MS7DXX, Davis86 (item 

35, c.1550, London, byt the Medallion 

Binder for Edward VI), G7851 (arms) 

Edwards of Halifax Binder C67b18, C48b22, C66c15, C151c9, 

C65e8 (fore-edge), 2a17, C154i20 

(attributed to Edwards), C188a172 (with 

contemp Yorkshire ms note), 217i20,

Edwards, Miss, 

Guild of Women 

Binders 


Eedy Binder C38c39 

C108e2, G18023, C108e1, C154i19, 

Davis210, Davis211, G18022-23, 

?C69d1, ?C151c8, ?C29k5 (cloth), 

C151c8 (signed), C151c9 (attributed to 

Edwards), C170g1 (huge Bible with 

signed fore-edge lent by W. O. Farrer 

1998, painted vellum), C170h1 (Book of 

Common Prayer lent by W. O. Farrer, 

painted vellum), C188a53 

Egerton Owner crest only, Earl of Bridgewater, 

8415a11, 1196c32, C65l10, C65a12, 

C108gg14, C57b36, see also: Maurice 

Egerton in Henry Davis Gift 

Egmont, Frederick C188a15 (signed panel on lower cover, 

no book, just lower cover), ?C65aa12 

(rose panel, ?Egmont) 

Eisele, Adolf, Binder Collins 828 

Donaueschingen 

Eleanor, wife of 

Leopold I Emperor 

of Germany 

Elizabeth's 

translation of 

Catherine Parr's 

Prayers ... To Henry 

VIII, 1545 

Elizabeth I, Queen 

of England 

Elizabeth I of Owner C133h4 

Owner ?165m10 (Guigard I, p. 122), G17023 

(arms) 

Royal MS7DX (embroidered binding) 

Owner C18b11, C18c8, C20a21, C21e9 

(embroidered, dedication copy), C23a9, 

C23e10, C24a22, C27g7, C30e1, C24b8 

(embroidered), C39d44, C46c1, C47f15, 

C47i4, C64cc2, C64e3, C67f7, C78i4, 

C82a6, C82f11, C122f2, C132i59, 

675f16, C18b7, C65aa15 (vellum), 

C65aa19 (vellum), C76a21 (vellum), 

C108c11 (vellum), C17a14 

(embroidered, arms), C24e15-18 

(embroidered, arms), 168i30, 675f16, 

Davis64 (item 77, c.1625, London), 

publisher's binding, centre block 

depicting Queen Elizabeth I), Davis 30 

(item 58, c.1596, London, arms of 

Elizabeth I in centre of panel design), 

Davis397 (?for Queen Elizabeth I), see 

John de Planche

Russia 

Elizabeth, wife of 

Frederick, Elector 

Palatine, Daughter 

of James I? 

Elizabeth 

Dickinson's Binder 

Owner C67k18 


Elkins, V. Binder C150a18 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Ellis, George Agar Owner C108d20 

Ellison, [Thomas 

Jones] 

Binder Collins 457, C188a206 (fragile) 

Elliott, Thomas Binder Harl MS2788, IB26132, C2a6, ?C35f9 

(for Harley), ?C3c13 (for Harley), 

?C3c16 (for Harley), ?C3c9 (for 

Harley), ?C14c13, 2e5, 36h19, 57d15, 

IB25996, IB28387, C37e6, Harl 

MS3976 (signed on spine), Harl 

MS2768, Harl MS2788 

Eliot & Chapman Binder ?C11b13, ?226a1, ?C19g1, ?C43e14, 

?C7c10, ?C61f13, ?570h19, ?674k2, 

?682a3, ?C12h2, ?C14e1, ?C15d15, 

?C21b4, ?G3591, ?61f13 (1744), 

?682a3, ?C19g3, ?C7e13, ?Tab10vf?, 

?C9a1, ?C11b9, ?C11b7, 43e14, 570l19, 

?226a1, ?G5932 

Emblematic Binder Binder C47k5 

Emmett, J. T. Binder C109m25, C109m32 

Embossed Bindings 

(of 19th century 

Cicero?) 

Embroidered 


C1a27, C2a2, C5a2, C5a3, C5a4, C5a5, 

C5a6, C5a10, C2a22, C5a11, C5a13, 

C5a14, C5a22, C5a23, C5a34, C9a8, 

C9a13, C9a25, C9a30, C10c9, C10d6,7, 

C11a14, C11a15, C11a16, C11a17, 

?C12b16, C13b4, C15e9, C14e12, 

C16d7, C16h12 

See separate lists 

Enamelled Binding C183c19 (Almanach 1793, Birmingham 

or Bilston work) 

Enders IA39673 (orange morocco, plain, gilt 

lines) 

Engel Binder c108i3, C109f6 (for Napolean I, Marie 

house), C155g9 (signed) 

Engel, [Jean], Paris Binder Collins 916, Collins 917 

English, J., of 

Folkestone 


Engraving C67b25 (?print from copper plate on 

calf)

Entoir Binder C153c1 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings)

Entwisle, J[ohn] Binder Collins 458 

Eriber Binder IB5532 

Erotic Bindings PC16l2 (gold tooled orange morocco), 

PC16m12 (gold tooled white cloth), 

PC15d14 (?plastic & paper), PC13ee16 

(paper, decorated), PC31e38 (paper), 

PC31f25 (gold blocked white vellum), 

PC26b35, PC30l2 (gold tooled silk), 

PC29a72 (silk and paper, picture), 

PC16l7 (gold tooled cloth), PC16l6 

(gold tooled cloth) 

ESA London Binder Collins 456 (?) 

Esnaut Binder C153c2 (signed) 

Esselte, of Sweden Binder C128g5 

Essex, Earl of 

Capell 

Owner C67i4 (imprint 1708) 

Essnau, papetier Music K10d8 (label on leather binding) 

Este Owner 142d10 (c.1661) 

Este, Ludorico, 

Cardinal 

Este, Mary d', 2nd 

gd of James II 

Estrees, Duc Victor 

Marie Marchal of 

France 

Owner C47i9, C68c18 

Owner C28e7 (Waller, Poems 1668, bound by 

Queen's Binder A) 

Owner C68c6 

Etherington, Don Owner C108ee1 

Eton College C152c1 (arms, Ramsden Collection of 


Ettal Monastery See Placidus Seitz 

Ettles & Young of 

Elgin 


Evans, of Croydon Binder C103g(1-5), C103g7, C103g8, C103g9 

Evans, Henry Binder C108n7, C130bb17, C72c2 

Evans, Herbert 

Norman 

Evans, J [oseph]. 

S.[tuart] 

Evans Binder, 

Salop 

Evans & 

Short 

Owner C69d12, 11626b29 

Binder C108pp3 (for Roche), C151c10 (signed), 

C188c30 



Eve Bindery Binder Davis446 (by binder of Henri III) 

Eve, Claris Binder C19b8, ?C19b9, Davis510

Evelyn, John Owner C67g2, C69a10, C143f14, ?C129 d15 

(with J. E.'s bookplate, but probably 

bound earlier), Evec15, ?Evea131 (no 

coat of arms, but probably bound for J. 

Evershed, Mrs. 

59 South Molton 


(Church and Secular 

Needlework) 


Everybody’s Books, 

4 Denmark Street, 

Charing Cross 

Road, W.C.2 


Ex Libris Binder Collins 463

E.), Eveb7 (Settle). 236c25 

Ewing Binder C151c11 (signed), 3185b3 (binder's 

ticket - M Ewing, Cumming J. 

Apocalyptic … 1849, London), 


Eyre & 

Spottiswoode 

F 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

C61h8, Collins 464, Collins 465, Collins 

466 

Shelfmark 

Fedorovna, Maris see M. F. 

F., B. C118bb8 (gold tooled on English ?16th- 


F., I. Davis73 (item 129, initials I F + A B on 

painted fore-edge of Bartlett binding) 

F., I. C36f14 (on English 16th-century 

binding, with a rowned Tudor rose) 

I O A F Egerton MS 1228 (initials and date 1602 

on German binding), see Johann 

Orschinovsky a Furstenfeld 

F., M., Empress 

Maria Fedorovna 

Fairbairn & 

Armstrong 

Owner C156k18 (initials) 

Binder C33a51, G10018-20 

Fakes C184b8 (fake Mudejar binding signed by 

Josefina Is. Diez Lassaletta on vellum 

paste-down), C184b9 (fake Mudejar 

binding), C109k19 (fake Grolier 

binding), C108x8 (fake Apollo & 

Pegasus Grimaldi binding), C109e53 

(fake Italian 16th-century morocco 

binding with visconti arms gold tooled), 

C109k18 (Joni fake), X981/10985 

(imitation, not fake 'Magnus' binding 

1910), C66b2, C109eee9 ('Italian') 

Falconer, J., of 

Dublin 


Falconer, J., Sackville 

St., Dublin 


False Headbands 885d13 (Germany, 17th century)

Fargher and Lindner Binder 236k24 (ticket), G10482 (binder's label), 

C151c13 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings, with arms of Willam Wyndham 

Grenville, Baron Grenville, on both

covers), C151c12 (signed, early 19th 

century) 

Farnese, Pierluigi Owner G4762 (Pegasus medallion in centre) 

Farnese, Ranuccis Owner Davis798 

Farmer, J. Binder C68h10 

Farndell, T. Haydh & Mozart Symphonies, 

watermarks, 1809,10,11; 1/4 calf, 

marbled boards, red label on upper cover, 

white ticket. Bound by T. Farndell, 

bookbinder to her R H Princess Charlotte 

of Wales 

Farrant & Frost, 

Merthyr & Aberdare 


Fauconnier Binder C150g17 (signed) 

Faulkner, H., d. 1812 Binder C39d45, C34i17 (for Utterson), C57e7, 

C186bb15, C37f15, C53b33, G15225 

(signed), G16507, G17786 (ticket: Bound 

by H. Faulkner, George Court, Adelphi) 

Faulkner, J. Binder C111aa18, C128a13 

Fawn, J., & Son, 

Bristol 

Fazackerley, of 

Liverpool 

Fazakerley, of 

Manchester 


Binder C68g9, C68i18, C108bbb17, C151d1 

(signed) 


Felbrigge Psalter Sloane 2400 (Department of 

Manuscripts, embroidered binding) 

Felix Binder C153c3 (signed) 

Fenno, J., of 

Colchester 

Fenwick, John Owner C48k11 

Ferdinand I, King of 

the Two Sicilies 

Ferdinand III, Grand 

Duke of Tuscany 

Ferdinand VI of 

Spain 

Ferdinand I, Duke of 

Parma 

Binder Collins 101, RB23a688, C150b1(1) 

Owner C154g13 (arms) 

Owner C150m12 (arms) 

Owner C68h4 

Owner C68e6 

Ferguson Owner C188a84 (arms of Ferguson added) 

Ferin, A. Owner C43b1 

Fermor, Henrietta 

Louisa, Countess of 

Paufret 

Fermor, Thomas, 

Earl of Paufret 

C47d14, C68d8, Davis144-146, see also 

Shelburne, see also John Brindley 

(Davis) 

C58h1

Fernandes, 

Seraphim, of Lisbon 

Binder Cup408u50 (printed ticket: Seraphim 

Fernandes, L. de Pantodores e 

Encadernadores ... Lisbon)

Fersil Porto? Binder Cup408t29 (signed) 

Field, John, 

65 Regent Street, 

London 


Fiennes Owner C66f23 

Fikentscherdt C96b4 (brown morocco, blind tooled) 

Filareto Owner Davis797, Davis766 

Filleul, WF, 39 

Halkett Place, Jersey 

Findelstein Press 

von, Bavaria 

Firmian, Leopold, 

Archbishop of 

Salzburg 

First Stadholder's 

Bindery (c 1722- 

1793) 

Fisher, George, the 

Gregynog Press 

Bindery 

Fisher, H. T. & Co., 

of Clapham 

Fisher, [Thomas] & 

Son, 2 Ivy Lane, 

London 


Owner C47i11 

Owner C67e22 

C115s24 

Binder C69ee13, C69g9 (with Blair Hughes- 

Stanton), C99g41 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C99h26 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C99h28 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C100a3 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C100b9 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C100e21 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C100k27 (with R. Ashwin 

Maynard), C100c10, C100c19 (with 

Blair Hughes-Stanton), C102e16 (with 

Blair Hughes-Stanton), C102f11, 

C102g8, C102h11 (with William 

MacCance), C102l8, C102l19 (with Blair 

Hughes-Stanton), C108b3, C108f, 

C108g5 (with Blair Hughes-Stanton), 

Binder C188b60 Collins 471 photograph album of his 


Fishtail Binder Binder IA47755, Add. MS34807, IA40179, 

IA40664, IA50025, IA40182, IA39134, 

IA3963 

Five Star Shop, 

Padua, 15th century 

Binder IB20321 

Flack, M Hirsch Library (H. Bishop - Comedy of 

Errors, 1/2 green roan, marbled paper 

sides, early 19th century) 

Comte de Flandre Owner C188a12 (presentation copy to the Comte 

de Flandre, 1849)

Fleming, Abbot of 

the Abbey of St 

James the Greater at 

Regensburg 

Fleming, Samuel, of 

Glasgow 

Fletcher, of 

Southampton 

Binder C38a62 

C114c61 

Binder RB23a3361 (ticket), C151d2 (signed)

Fletcher, John Binder 201h6,7, 195g2, C132i64, 62h2, 195g2,3, 

201h65-7 (signed fore-edge) 

Fletcher & Tubbs, 49 

Cross St., Manchester 


G. Fleubet de Naulac Owner 1b6 

Fleurian 

d'Armenonville, J. J. 

B. 

Owner C19a32 

Folder C151c5 (gold tooled red morocco folder 

for documents signed by Drefous of 

London, c. 1840) 

Folkard, Henry Binder? Collins 1008 

Folkes, Martin 

(1690-1754), library 

sold by auction in 

1756 

Owner C44c18, C7a1 (his device on spine) 

Folthorp of Brighton Binder C154k1 (signed) 

Forberg, Gregorius, 

of Nuremberg 

Forbes & Co., 

Fletcher, of 

Southampton 

Owner Egerton MS1188 (initials on 16thcentury 

German binding, very faded) 


Ford of Manchester G15038 (brown calf, blind tooled, 19th- 

century binder or bookseller) 

Ford, H. .J. Binder C109aaa12 

Fore-edges, painted Owner See Edges, painted 

Forest Binder C153c4 (signed) 

Forest Owner C69bb7, C69bb9 

Forey, Ch. Binder C153c5 (signed) 

Foscarini, (Marco?) Owner ?C47d11, ?C47e11, C66a4, C68a4, 

C47d10, G8321 (arms) 

Forth, W., of 

Bridlington 

Foucault, N. T. Owner C67c7 

Binder C24a38, C154k3 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C154k2 (Ramsden 


Fouche Binder C153c6 (signed) 

Foucon of Marseilles Binder C155g10 (signed) 

Foulis Press Bindery Binder Collins 780 

Fountainbleau 

Binder 

Binder Davis331, Davis329, Davis328 

Fountains Abbey Davis80 (late 12th/early 13th century) 

Fouquet, Nicholas Owner C46h7, C47a17, Davis523 

Fournier Binder C150g18 (signed) 

Fournier C47b16 (red morocco, gilt back, lines on 

sides, arms of Madame Adelaide, 

daughter of Louis XV of France)

Fox, Charles, 5 

George Street, W1 

Binder Cup402b20 (signed, gold tooled vellum) 

Collins 472, Collins 473, Collins 475

Fox, Charles, 

Manchester Sq., 

London 


Fox, C. of London Binder RB23b1583 (signature unclear, plain 1/2 

binding) 

Foyle, W. & G. Binder Collins 477 

Frame Group for 

Robert Dudley 

Francis, [James], 2 

Surreyfoot of 

Westminster Bridge 

Binder C183a25, C46d14, C64b2 


Francois I of France Owner Davis367, Davis388, G9052 (original 

panel laid on) 

Francois II of France Owner Davis423 (arms as Dauphin) 

Francis II, King of 

Naples 

Francis, E. C., of 

Bristol 

Owner C64a17 

Binder C37b41, C37b51 (1831) 

Francois Binder C150h1 (signed) 

Franklin, Benjamin Owner C67f17, C186bb2 

Franz (20th century, 

France) 

Binder Cup406g93 

Franzese, Nicol Binder Davis835 (for Eurialo Silvestri) 

Fraser Binder C150b2 (signed) 

Fraser of Regent St., 

London 


Frezier Binder C153c7 (signed) 

Frederick the Great, 

King of Prussia 

Frederick, Archduke 

of Austria 

Frederick, Elector of 

Palatine 

Frederick Louis, 

Prince of Wales (son 

of George II, father 

of George III) 

Owner C46b37, C66b3, C192a52 (monogram of 

Frederick I on upper cover, royal arms on 

lower cover) 

Owner C65gg15 

Owner C47k18, C64h17 

Owner 292i20, 43i3, 48a15, 51e4, 51e24, 61h1- 

4, C108m7, 42i3 (Brindley), 48a15, 

61h1-4 (cypher), 76a1 (arms and 

monogram), 292i18-21 

Freeling Owner C21a41 (crest), C39e67 (crest) 

Freeman, J. Binder C40c48 

Freemasons 4784f21 (Anderson, New Book of 

Constituions … London, 1738, gold 

tooled marbled calf with red morocco 

label tooled: The Constitution book 

Cross-Key's Tavern Holbourn etc., 1739)

French, Isabel W. de Owner C190e21 (19th-century Argentinian 

binding with the initials I. W. De F., 

author's ms notes inscribing book to her) 

French, J. H., of 

Accrington 


Frere of Rouen Binder C153c8 (signed) 

Fresnoy, Heli Owner Davis462

Frey, R. W. & Veitch, 

F. P. 


Frichet Binder C153c9 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Fridrich, Freiher for 

Herbestein? etc 

Owner Davis636, 

Friedrich Annette Binder C188c35 

Fripp, Sarah Steuart Owner C55k1 

Fritsch, Jacob of 

Wittenberg 

Fritzsche, Gustav, 

Germany 

Binder RB23e23914 

Binder Collins 829 (see also Graff), Collins 830, 


Froissart Binder C150h2 (signed) 

Frost, Martin (fore- 

edge painter) 

C129f12 

Frye, Bartholomew Binder C188a9, C151d3, C151k4 (binder's 

ticket), C151k5 (binder's ticket), C154k5 

(signed), C151d3 (signed), C154k4 

(signed), C188c17 (3 vols, ticket and 

fore-edge paintings, Somerville bequest 

acquired 1999) 

Fugger Owner C68b4, C68h7 (Fugger-Kierchberg), 

C128a24 

Fullarton, A. & Co., 

Edinburgh 


Funazaki, Eri Binder C188b39 (signed, 2003), Taylor 5, 

Taylor 24. 

Furness Abbey C64h13 (views of Furness Abbey, 

painted pictures in centre panels of both 

covers, England 19th century) 

Furstemberg, 

Ferdinand, Bishop of 

Paderborn 

Owner 77h12 

Fugger, Marc Owner Davis379 (by Claude de Picques) 

Furstenfeld, Johan 

Orchinovsky a 

G 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Owner Egerton MS1228 (initials I O A F and 

date 1602 on German binding) 

Shelfmark 

G., C. Binder C188a35 (roll with these letters) 

G., E. C21a51

G., E Binder? On panel stampof Luther on music ms 

K.1.b.9 

G., G. on panel stamps (Luther and Melanchthon, 

Maggs Catalogue 1287) 

G., H. Binder Davis675 (item 327, c.1530-39, Duelmen, 

initials H.G.) 

G., B. W. Davis81 (late 15th century, Cambridge)

G., I. R. Binder? see for Joannes Reckins: Davis 631 

G., M. Davis611 (item 305, late 16th century, 

initials M.G. added to upper cover) 

G., P. (Prince 

George) 

Owner 217f24 (initials on A. Linde binding), 218d3 

(initials on A. Linde binding) 

G., S. Davis7 (item 15, c.1520, probably London, 

signed S.G. (defaced)) 

G., T. Owner C23a26 (initials on embroidered velvet 

binding) 

G., V. C105e15 (roll with the initials V.G.) 

G., W & G., I. binder C53b22 (by the WG & IG Binder see 

Oldham EBSB pl x n20) 

Gaertner, 

Matthias 

Binder Davis680 (item 345, c.1580 Augsburg, 

attributed to Gaertner by Dr. I Schunke) 

Gale, H. Binder C150b3 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings) 

Gale & Polden, 

Brompton Works, 

Chatham 


Galette Binder C39a63 

Galignani, A. & 

W. 

Publishers 

(and 

binders?) 

Collins 918 

Gallois, F. Binder C153c10 (signed) 

Galloway and 

Porter, Sidney 

Street, Cambridge 

Galwey & Co., 

Dublin 


Binder C151d4 (signed) 

Ganard (Paris) Binder 11715a42 (signed but plain) 

Ganganelli family name of Pope Clement XIV 

Garda, Lorenzo, 

of Ivrea 


Gardner, Anthony Binder Collins 108 

Garnier Binder C153c11 (signed) 

Garrett, Frank Binder C128b4 (1916) 

Garrick, D. Owner rebound at BM c.1841, all with Garrick's 

arms: C28g5, C34a1-10, C34b1-21, 

C34b23-40, C34b42-58, C34c1-59, C34d1- 

57, C34e1-33, C34f1-3, C34f5-6, C34f8-11, 

C34i1, C34k2-5, C34k6, C34k11-12, 

C34k14-16, C34k19, C34k21-25, C34k27- 

28, C34k30-31, C34k33, C34k35-36, 

C34k38-39, C34k41-42, C34k44-45, 

C34k47-48, C34k51-52, C34k55-56, 

C34k58-60, C34k63, C34l1, C34l3-4, 

C34l6-7, C34l9, C34m1, C134b12 (no arms, 

but name), C34c39, C34c41

Garzoni Family Owner ?C47d7 

Gaskill of 

Philadelphia 

Binder C129k15 

Gastiaux Binder C156k5 (signed) 

Gaubal Binder C153d1 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings) 

Gaudard of Dijon Binder C153d2 (signed), C153d3 (signed), C153h3 

(signed), C153d4 (signed)

Gaudreau Binder C153d7 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings), C153d6 (signed), C150h5 

(signed), C150h4 (signed), C153d5 (signed) 

Gavere, Joris de Binder a panel signed by Joris de Gavere occurs 

with the St Margaret panel on Davis609 

(item 301) 

Gaw, John, of 

Coleraine 

Gaw, Thomas of 

Coleraine 

Gay of 

Strasbourg 




Gellatly & White 

of Edinburgh 


Genet Binder C153d9 (signed) 

Geometrical 

Compartment 

Binder 

George I (reign 

1714-1727) 

George II (reign 

1727-1760) 

Binder Davis133 (item 146, c.1700, London), 


possibly c183c18, c108i12 and 88g19 

Owner C108ee3, 66b22, ?11g2 (George I's arms, 

George III's arms added), 231i32, Stowe MS 

249, 280b27 (arms as Elector of Hanover) 

C18e14 (arms of George II), C130d5, 84h9, 

227b16, 228f2, 34d8, 278f31, 226a14, 

238g40-45 (as Prince of Wales), ?238g15 

(as Prince of Wales), 287a13 (as Prince of 

Wales), 7a15, 42g8, 65i5, 95l6 (plus wife's 

arms), 74k8 (plus wife's arms), 76e15 (plus 

wife's arms), 95l7 (plus wife's arms), 

145b22 (plus wife's arms), 238g 35, 40, 42, 

43, 44 (plus wife's arms), 287a13 (plus 

wife's arms), 13b6 (wife's arms painted on 

fore-edge), 7a15,16 (arms), 12a19 (arms), 

292k18 (as Prince of Wales), 112e66 (as 

Prince of Wales)

George III (reign 

1760-1820) 

Owner C1a1, C1a3, C1a4, C1a14, C1a16, C1a25, 

C1a26, C1a27, C1b14, C1d1 (bound by 

Staggemeier and Welcher, London), C1d8, 

C1d60, C2a2, C2a22, C2b2, C2b17, C2c2, 

C2c8, C2d3, C2d4, C3a1, C3b14, C3e1, 

C3e5, C3e6, C3e7, C3e8, C3e10, C3e11, 

C4b8, C4c1-4, C5a2, C5a3, C5a4, C5a10, 

C5a11, C5a14, C5a22, C5a23, C5a34, 

C5d9, C5e18, C6b18, C6e5, ?C6e7, C6e8, 

C7c10, C7c11, C7e11, C9a6, C9a8, C9a13, 

C9a25, C9a30, C9a31, C9b2 (Buckingham 

Palace Bindery), C9d4, C9d6, C10b2, 

C10c8, C10c9, C10d1 (Buckingham Palace 

Bindery), C10d2, C10d3, C10d6 

(Buckingham Palace Bindery), C10d8, 

C10d10 (Buckingham Palace Bindery), 

C10d13 (Buckingham Palace Bindery), 

C11a7, C11a14, C11a15, C11a16, C11a17, 

C11a25, C11b6, C11d1, C11d5

George IV (reign 

1820-1830) 

George V (reign 

1910-1936) 

George, Prince of 

Denmark, 

husband of 

Queen Anne 

Gerhold, R., of 

Leipzig 

Gerlach, W., of 

Berlin 

(Buckingham Palace Bindery), C11d7, 

C11d9, C11e3 (Buckingham Palace 

Bindery), C11e5, C11e9, C12b11, C12c9, 

C12c13, C12d4, C12e9, C12e17, C13b4, 

C13b11, C13d1, C14b14, C14c4, C14d12, 

C14e2, C14e12, C15b6, C15b12, C15c9, 

C16f7, C16h12, C22f6 (British Museum 

binding?), C38f40, C39i20, C39k5, C46a26, 

C46i1, C66k4, C121h1, C124h1 (gift of 

George III), C143b3 (silk embroidered), 

42f1 (Hering with George III's arms), 51e24, 

51i16 (as Prince of Wales), 64i8, 65e15, 

61d9 (as Prince of Wales), 67h9, 68i5, 

72h11, 84h9, 95l6, 168i1, 217b8 (as Prince 

of Wales?), 217f24 (as Prince of Wales), 

218d3 (as Prince of Wales?), 226a14, 

227b16, 228f2, 238g15 (includes the arms 

of Queen Caroline), 238g42 (includes the 

arms of Queen Caroline), 246k33 (as Prince 

of Wales), 278f31, 287a13 (includes the 

arms of Queen Caroline), 292i20 (as Prince 

of Wales), 48h8 (?German velvet with 

George III's arms), 57a1, 78b8, 165d7, 

288d7 (arms), 292f5 (arms and monogram), 

Davis212 (item 188, c.1782, engraved with 

the cypher of George III), Davis299 (item 

263, c.1786, Dublin, arms of George III in 

the centre, profile portraits of George III), 

C188b80 medallion portrait of George and 

Owner C11d9, ?58c14 (as Prince of 

Wales),C188b80 medallion as Prince of 

Wales on binding. 

220b10, 290b19 (as Prince of Wales), 

290b20 (as Prince of Wales), C154g6 

(monogram of George IV as King of 

Owner C52cc19, C64i7, C109q5 (presentation 

binding) 

Owner 50b19 

Binder C43g2, C43h16, Collins 833 a and b (2 

vols), Collins 834 

Binder C106e3 

Germain-Simier Binder C153e2 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C153e1 (Ramsden Collection of 


Gerrard, Paul Binder C27m8, C27m10, C30l7

Giampaolo, Riva LB31c3316 (Italian, cloth binding mounted 

with 2 engraved plates) 

Gibbons, T., of 

Bath 

Binder Collins 110 (?), 3405a5, C150b4 

(Ramsden Collection of signed bindings) 

Gibson, 

W[illiam], 

A[inslie], of 

Berwick 


Gifford, A. C145e24, 1578/4208 (with bookplate 

inside), 1578/4207 (with bookplate inside) 

Gilchrist Binder C129a15 

Ginain Binder C150h6 (signed), C153e5 (signed), C153e3 

(signed), C153e4 (signed), C150h7 (signed), 

Davis551-552 

Ginn, Flora Binder C188a32 

Giolli, P. Binder C108e18 

Girardet Binder C150h8 

Girardot Binder C153e7 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C153e6 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings, signed Girardot of Troyes) 

Giroux Binder C153e8 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Gittins, Thomas, 

of Shrewsbury 

Glanvill, G., 22 

Frankfort Street 

Plymouth 

Glenday of 

Montrose, 19th 

c., Scottish 

Binder C129b4 (c.1700?, ind.) 

Binder Collins 111 (also possible repairs? By Wm 

Skinner, 89 Fore Street, Saltash) 


Gloss (or Closs?) Binder C38c7, C97a21 

Glynn, 36 Pall 

Mall 

Godefroy of 

Blois 

Garda, Lorenzo, 

of Ivrea 

Garret, Godfrey, 

Cambridge 

stationer and 

bookbinder 

Binder? G2754 

Binder C153e9 (signed) 


Goepel, Erhard Binder? Collins 1010 

Goldsmid, John 

Lewis 

With GG and crowed rose-pomegranate, 

fleur-de-lys and castle, by Garret Godfrey; 

C65c17, C46d16 (c.1522), C67d8, Davis13 

(item 21, c.1523), C47e2 

Owner C47f3, C57e20, G2293 (crest), G8922 (crest 

and arms), G9883 (crest), G10086 (arms and 

devices)

Golder of 

Reading 

Gomez de la 

Cortina, J. 


See Cortina, J. Gomez de la 

Gonet, Jean de Binder C188a19 (signed) 

Gonnet Binder C153e10 (signed) 

Goodall & 

Suddick Ltd., 

Cookridge St., 

Leeds 

Goodwin of 

Tetbury 

Goodrich, 

Thomas 


Binder 1568/5026 (1), C151d5 (signed) 

See King Edward & Queen Mary Binders II

Gorinchem C107e48 (arms of Goringchem, SW 

Netherlands, gold tooled on vellum, Dutch 

18th century) 

Gosden, T., 107 

St Martin's Lane 

Binder C108b6, ?C108p1, C183c11, ?G2376, 

?C48g12 (impressions from silvery 

buttons?), C151d7 (signed), Davis223 (item 

204, c.1810, London, possibly made by 

Thomas Gosden, CCIW monogram), 


C151d6 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings, with the bookplate of T. Gosden, 

impressions of silver buttons), C151d8 

(signed) 

Gosden Binder C150b5 (attributed to Gosden, same as T. 

Gosden?) 

Gosden T., 18 

Bedford Square, 

Covent Garden 


Gosselin Binder C153e11 (signed) 

Gotelee, H[enry], 

[Odiham, 

Hampshire] 


Gouda 166n8 (arms of Gouda on Dutch school 

prize binding, c.1731) 

Gough (Henry) Binder Collins 481 

Goux de la 

Berchere, Le, 

Archbishop of 

Narbonne 

Owner C133a2 

Grabau Binder C100e18 

Grace, De Bonne C129 mm3 (1532, DE BONNE GRACE on 

covers) 

Graff, W.v.C See Fritzsche Collins 829 

Graffert, H., of 

Berlin 

Graham of 

Alnwick 

Binder C38c33 


Graham, Rigby Binder Collins 1011 

Gramont, 

Duchesse de 

Choiseul 

Stainville 

Owner C67b11

Gramont, 

Duchesse, 

Beatrix de 

Choiseul 

Stainville 

Grande Trappe, 

La 

Grant, George 

& Arthur, 

Upper Thames 

St., London EC 

Grant, R[obert] 

& Son, 

Edinburgh 

Owner C30c4, C67c22 

Owner C69g7 



Granvelle Owner Davis801, Davis800, C48h10 (19th-century 

imitation of 16th-century binding with the 

arms of Cardinal Perrenot de Granvelle) 

Granville, 

George of 

Stafford 

Owner ?C53gg13, ?C53gg19, ?C53h27 

Gras-Dorus Binder C153e12 (Ramsden Collection of signed

indings) 

Gray, Lord Owner ?C108bb33 

Gray, Edward W. Binder C128f9 

Gray, John of 

Edinburgh 

Gray & Son, 

John P., of 

Cambridge 

Gray, 

Cambridge 

Binder RB23a14796 (binder's ticket) 

Binder Collins 118, Collins 120, C100g46, 

C113a15, C108x10 


Greene, James Binder Davis143 (item 154, c.1740, probably 

Oxford) 

Green, W. H. Binder C108aa29, C108aa30, C108bb31, 

C108dd22, C108k11 

Greenhill, 

Elizabeth 

Greening, W., 

183 Fleet Street 

Greenwich 

Binder 

Gregory XIII, 

Pope 

Binder C183aa5, C109 p15, Davis303 (item 247, 

c.1962, signed), Cup503m48 (signed) 

Binder 12411f1 (ticket), Collins 483, Collins 484, 

Collins 1031 

Binder C21b7 (for Henry VIII) 

Owner 1568/6329 (arms gold tooled on covers) 

Gregory, of Bath Binder RB23a14316 (embossed stamp of Gregory, 

book dealer & bookbinder, Bath) 

Gregory & 

Taylor, of 

Liverpool 

Binder Collins 121 (?)

Gregynog Press 

Bindery 

C69ee13 (George Fisher), C69g9 (Blair 

Hughes-Hanton; George Fisher), C98e29, 

C98f5, C98f14, C99d34 (George Fisher), 

C99e35, c99g41 (R. Ashwin Maynard, 

George Fisher), C98f8, C98h8, C99e37, 

C99e38, C99h26 (R Ashwin Maynard; 

George Fisher), C99h28 (R. Ashwin 

Maynard; George Fisher), C99h44 (Blair 

Hughes-Stanton), C100a3 (William 

MacCance; George Fisher), C100b9 

(George Fisher; Blair Hughes-Stanton), 

C100c12 (George Fisher), C100e21 (R. 

Ashwin Maynard; George Fisher), C100e23, 

C100g30 (George Fisher), C100k16 (Horace 

W. Bray; George Fisher), C100k24 (George 

Fisher), C100k27 (George Fisher), C100l10 

(George Fisher), C100l19 (Blair Hughes- 

Stanton; George Fisher), C102a10 (George 

Fisher), C102e13 (Blair Hughes-Stanton; 

George Fisher), C102e16 (Blair Hughes- 

Stanton; George Fisher), C102f11 (George 

Fisher), C102g8 (George Fisher), C102h11 

(William MacCance; George Fisher), 

C102l4 (George Fisher), C102l8 (George

Grenville, 

Thomas 

Grenville, 

William 

Wyndham, Baron 

Grenville 

Gresswell, of 

Taunton 

Fisher), C102l19 (Blair Hughes-Stanton; 

George Fisher), C103b1 (George Fisher), 

C103h4, C108b3 (George Fisher), C108f1 

(George Fisher), C108g5 (Blair Hughes- 

Stanton; George Fisher), C108g7 (George 

Fisher), C108h3 (George Fisher), C108g2, 

C119a6, C126a25, C126a28, C127a16, 

C127a22, C127a27 

Owner C40d57, C24c4, C28e1, C33d17, C141bb25 

Owner See Fargner and Lindner (C151c13, 

Ramsden Collection of signed bindings), see 

also boxes of rubbings 

Binder C151d9 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Gey, Jenni Binder C188b34 (binder), Taylor 1, Taylor 20. 

Grey, Thomas, 

2nd Earl of 

Stamford 

Owner Add MS38,008 (arms gold tooled) 

Grierson Binder 21e1 (Irish Statutes, vols 1-8, Dublin 1765, 

red Morocco, fully gilt, coloured inlay on 

sides, all volumes have been rebacked, vols 

were printed by Boulter Grierson) 

Grierson, 

Boulter, of 

Dublin 

Grieve, Andrew, 

of Edinburgh 

Binder Davis315 (item 261, c.1765, Dublin) 

Binder C39d59, C108g24, C31b22, C40e47 

Grigg, W. Binder C190a6 (with binder's label and advert and 

1772 inscription) 

Grimaldi Binder Binder Davis847 (for Hannibale Minale), Davis846, 

Davis809-810 

Grimaldi, 

Giovanni Battista 

Owner C69ee6, C108x8 (Apollo & Pegasus fake), 

81i13, G10835, G4762 

Grimaud Binder ?C63l6, C63a11 

Grimani Owner 180h1, 2 (painted arms, c.1605) 

Grimes, of 

Cheltenham 


Grolier, Jean Owner C19b4, C19b5, C19b6, C19b18, C19b19-26, 

687c33, C19c4, ?C19c9, C24c5, C24c13 

(early inscription 'Grolieri ac amicorum', 

NOT in Grolier's hand), C24c18, C24f15, 

C46i12, C46i14, C48b9, C27d2, C66d15, 

C132i61, C183a30, ?C129m11, C19f24, 

C24b23, C24c5, C24c6, C27d3, C57c25, 

C66d15, IC19693, 687e35, G8488, ?G9026,

Grispigni, R., 

Capo Le Case, 

Rome 

Grolier's Last 

Binder 

Grolier de 

Servieres, 

Antoine 

Grosclaude, of 

Metz 

Gruel, Leon but 

there were a 

whole family of 

them so some 

may relate to 

another member. 

Gubbins, J. E. of 

Wellington St, 

Strand, 

?bookseller 

G9056, G9136, G9426, G9846, G10046, 

G16702, Davis374 (by Claude de Picques), 

Davis722, Davis788 


Binder 687e34, C46c3, ?C48e22, C19f21 

Owner Davis432, Davis389, Davis366, Davis325 

Binder C150h9 (signed), C153e13 (signed) 

Binder C32d20, C34a48, C47a9, C47a10, C47a11, 

C47a20, C120c4, Davis588, IC125, Tab8b7, 

Cup408w44, Eccles 28, IC.125 (signed) 

G3945 

Guedon Binder C153e15 (signed), C153e16 (signed), 

C153e14 (signed) 

Gueffier Binder C153f1 (signed) 

Guenegaud, H. 

de 

Guerin, F. B., 

Guernsey 

Guermantes, 

Prondre de 

[Casa] Guidi 

Arts and 

Crafts, 

Florence 

Guild of Women 

Binders 

Guillaume, J. J., 

of Pimlico 

Guillery, 

Marcantonio, of 

Rome 

Guillot of 

Alencon 

Owner C46f8 


Owner C30a29, G6685 (arms superimposed over 

binding with initials of Louis XIII and Anne 

of Austria) 


Binder C108b17, C108bbb8 


Binder G4762 (for Grimaldi), C37l4 (for Filareto) 

Binder C153f2 (signed)

Guiseppe 

(Legatoria 

Palazzo 

Guiseppe, 

Naples) 

Binder C112e12 

Guizot Owner C152g12(1) (initials, 490) 

Gulstan Owner C7a12 

Gulston, W. Owner G3293 (crest) 

Gustavus III, Owner C67e20

King of Sweden 

Gutch, G. & Co., 

of Southampton 

Binder RB23a16806 (ticket) 

Guy Brothers, 

Academy St., 

Cork 


Guyot Binder c153f3 (signed) 

Guzman, Duke of 

Medina Towes 

Owner C47b14, c129f18, 659a26, C47d16, 

C65d10, C66e18, C67c14, C68h4, C68h6, 

C69aa12, ?C115t13, 659a26, C46b14, 

C47b14 

GVL_DG Binder Cup410c5 (dans l'Atelier Artisanal de la 

Nouvelle Libraire de France) 

Gwynn, Edward Owner C65g21, C65g23, C129i24 

H 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

H., A. C64d11 (with Tudor rose and panel stamp of 

Annunciation and legend Ecce Ancillal 

Domini fiat michi/secundum/verbum tuum), 

C65hh17 (A. H. and Tudor rose), Davis4 

(item 12, c.1515) 

H., F. Egerton MS1182 (initials on panel used on 

1560 German binding) 

H., I. Cup407m47 (initials blind tooled on upper 

cover, 16th-century. Germany) 

H., S. G. Egerton MS1214 (initials and date 1591 on 

German binding) 

H., S. C66d1 (initials gold tooled on 1600-1650 

English binding with initials PM) 

H., S. A. C36c15 (gold tooled on 18th-century Danish? 

binding) 

H Binder C109c6 

h (Theodore 

Hapgood)? 


Haarhaus, 

Tours, Mame 


Haarlem 199c5 (Haarlem arms on school prize) 

Habenicht, 

August, of 

Vienna, 19th 

century 

Haberly, Lloyd Binder C99c46 

Binder C43i14 (signed), C128e16

Hacker, Walter, 

Leipzig 20th 

century 

Binder Cup408ww1 (signed on lower turn-in)

Hagmayer, Johann 

Germany 15th 

century 

IB8920 

Hague, Louis Binder Collins 948 

Hague, The 165m11 (vellum, arms of The Hague on 

school prize, c.1732.), C188a11 (lower cover 

panel arms of The Hague, c.1754) 

Hague, Belgium Binder C27h10, C108l2 (for Cardinal de Tournon) 

Haigh Binder C150b6 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings) 

Hains Binder C100a5 

Hall, I. V., 83 

High St., 

Maidstone 

Hallhead, William 

(?) 

Halle, F., of 

Leipzig 


Binder 

(?) 

Collins 288 

Binder C36f5 (signed) 

Haltby of Oxford Binder C107b11 

Hamilton Owner C47i21 (Hamilton, Archbishop of St 

Andrews, Celsus De a. med.) 

Hamilton, Duke 

of Douglas 

Owner C151c9 (arms) 

Hammond Binder C39i9, C37d54, 5423e16 

Hamondt,19th 

century, Dutch 

Hampstead 

Bindery 

Hanbury, [Henry] 

& Co. 

Hanbury & 

Simpson, Fleet 

Street 

Hance, P., 14 

Upper Gloucester 

Place, King’s 

Road, Chelsea 

Hanway, Jonas 

(1712-1786) 

Hapgood, 

Theodore (?) 

Harborne? "Deus 

industriam Beat" 

Binder Ch850/1 (signed at tail of spine, blocked cloth 

case) 

See B. P. A. Salroldelli 



Binder Collins 486, Collins 488 (listed as P. Hance, 

55 King’s Rd., Chelsea) 

Owner C108b15, 30f12, 188f7 (1783), 186a5 

(c.1759), 288c29 (1757), 189c3 (c.1760), 

186a15 (1757), 224g34 (1777), C69e2, 

232b27 (c.1781), 533c13, 288c28 (1776), 

11632h8, 291d50, Davis203 (item 176, 

c.1765, London, by Hanway's second binder), 

C188a128. 


Owner C66e1 (with arms of Harborne)

Harcourt Bindery 

of Boston Mass. 

Binder C120g3 

Harding, John See Alexander Cleeve 

Hardman, F. 

(Wallasay) 

Binder Cup510dal4, Cup510dal5 

Hardy Binder C20b11, C31e34, C39d8, C36b31, C40a50, 

C38a29-31, C40b31, C38a36, C40l17, 

C38g12, C48b12, C38h16, C54g6, C39a45, 

C57b3, C39c65, C70a7, C97d13, C119h12, 

C155g11 (signed), PC30d12 (signed, 

according to Ashby this binding was done in 

1875) 

Hardy Binder C192a41 (with stamp of Bibliotheque de

Mello) 

Hardy, C. Binder C48b12, C31e34, C57b3, C70a7, C97d13, 

C40b31, C38a30 

Hardy, G. Binder C119h12 

Hardy-Mennil Binder C20d2, C31b31, C62a29, C31f9, C38h18 

(Marius Michel, Doreur), C39a16, C39b60, 

C48a14, C52f14, C57a17, IB39843, 

11735aaa29 

Harlay, De, 

Comte de 

Beaumont Fr. 

(1639-1712) 

Owner C68d4, C67d3 

Harley, Robert Owner ?C3a2, C12e13, ?C1c12, C15c6 (given to 

James West by Harley), ?C1c14, ?C16i13, 

?C2c9, C16i14, C3c13, C22b1, C3c16, 

C48d17, C3c9, ?C6c6-8, C67e8, ?C9a1, 

C67e18, ?C10d4, C67f10, C67i5, 883e30, 

G3694 (arms and name of) 

Harmsworth of 

Ryde 


Harper & Brothers Binder C116e12 

Harpsfield, 

Nicholas 

Owner C108c20 

Harrer, Hans Owner Davis679 (item 344; after 1578 by Caspar 

Meuser, arms of Hans Harrer, and arms of his 

wife) 

Harrington, Earl 

of 

Harris, H. Binder C109a53 

Harris, R., 

Northamptom 

Harris, R.. T., 

53 Longbrook 

Street Exeter 

See Charles Stanhope 



Harrison, London Binder Collins 491 (?) 

Harrison of 

Belfast 

Harrison of 

London 

Harrison & Sons, 

St. Martin’s Lane, 

London 

Harritt & Co. of 

London 


Binder? Collins 492 a and b 


Harrods Limited Binder Collins 494 

Hart, A., of 

Braintree 

C64cc15 (clasp signed Harrit & Co, London 


Binder Collins 128, Collins 129

Hasert in the 

Buchbinderei von 

Heinrich Koch 

(Stuttgart) 

Hatchards of 

London 

Hatton, 

Christopher 

Hattu, A., of 

Cambrai 

Binder C129a8 

C127d2, C128d11 (Bound by Morrell) 

Owner C67g11, C67h3, C67i3, C108b12, C108c13, 

Davis101 (item 97; before 1648, arms, name 

and moto of Sir Christopher Hatton), G12228 

(arms) 

Binder C153f4 (signed) 

Hawes, J. B., of Binder C54bb7, Collins 130, Collins 132

Cambridge 

Hausen & Co., inh. 

J. H. Angermeyer, 

Leipzig 

Hawkins of Nash 

Court, Co. Kent 

Hawkins, F. W. & 

Son, 

10 Holloway 

Head, Birmingham 

Hayday, [James], 

see also below 


Add MS30,983 (arms) 


Hayday & Mansell Binder Collins 497 

Hayday, of 

London 

Hayday (from 

1825- Hayday and 

Boyer) 

Haye, Gerard de 

la 

Hayes, W. of 

Oxford, 19th 

century 

Hays, 

[Henry], of 

Derry 

Binder Collins 495, Collins 496, Collins 498, Collins 

499, Collins 500, Collins 501, Collins 502, 

Collins 503 


Binder C21a44, C21c45, C25a26, C25g12, C25a31, 

C25h5, C25b5, C25l6, C25b11, C25l7, 

C25b15, C25b32, C27b7, C25c10, C27m3-5, 

C25c17, C28l14, C25e8, C29f12, C29f14, 

C35a5, C29g1, C35b3, C30b10, C35b7, 

C30b11, C35b8, C30b12, C35b24, C34f24, 

C35c13, C34f31, C35c21, C34f39, C35d3, 

C35d10, C37c36, C35d17, C37c51, C35f13, 

C37h2, C35g13, C38b29, C35g14, C39c44, 

C36a7, C39e49, C36a28, C39e66, C37c5, 

C39f20, C39g31, C110f32, C40c20, C116h8, 

C41b11, C122b16, C41e9, C122c2, C55i5, 

C123b9, C103e22, C126b7, C108bb17, 

C129d4, C109b16, ?620i41, Huth39, 

G18575-9, 1019d34, 11422aaa30, 1458h1, 

Davis227-232 (item 222, stamp), C154k6 

(Ramsden collection of signed bindings), 

C154k7 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings), 11631e10 (signed, ink), 

C68a23 3225df3 (signed) 

3936aa39 (signed) 


Hayward, C. I. Binder C118d34 

Hayward, [Charles 

Thomas], 6 

Burgate Lane, 

Canterbury 

Binder Collins 133

Hayward, W. D. 

of Croydon, 19th 

century 

YA1987a11197 

Hearne Binder C154k8 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings) 

Hedberg, Gustaf 

of Stockholm 

Hegan & 

McFerran, 

Fountain St., 

Belfast 

Heilman, 

Gerhard 

Heim, Koch, 

Stuttgart 

Binder Cup408l20, C108l1, C188b2, C108ee7, 

IA6038 

Binder 

(?) 

Collins 291 

Designer Collins 896 

?Binding 


Heldt, relieur Binder C183a20 

Helen, Matilda, 

Countess of 

Radnor 

Hely’s Limited, 

Dublin 

Owner Tauch2742 (see binder Aubrey) 


Helly & Sons Binder C72e4 

Heming of 

?Stourbridge, 

Worc. 

Henderson & 

Bisset 


Binder CUP408zz35, Collins 783 

Henington Binder C151d11 (signed) 

Henley, W of 

Gloucester 

Henri II, King of 

France (1547- 


Owner C46h11 (illus. in Fletcher), C29e3, 

Davis502?, Davis378 (by Claude de Picques),

1559) G6032 (arms, with badges and initials, 

Fletcher, pl. xxiii), C29k8 (?Fletcher, pl. 

xxiv) 

Henri III Owner C36g4 (arms), C46l2, C47a19, C29k3 

(Louise de Lorraine (Henri II?), illus. in 

Fletcher), C66k2, G6455 (illus. in Fletcher) 

Henri IV, King of 

France 

Henri of Anjou Owner ?C46e23 

Henriette Anne of 

England (daughter 

of Charles I, 

married Philippe, 

Duke of Orleans) 

Henrison Owner C108dd11 

Owner C20f11 (arms and cypher), Davis448 

(cypher?), C46i1 

Owner C46e23 (monogram), G12048 (monogram), 

C129m15 (1659, arms on binding) 

Henry Davis Gift Approximately 800 bindings in B2. Not yet 

completely catalogued and must be seen by 

appointment with bindings curator. North 

European bindings discussed and allocated 

Davis pressmarks in M M Foot's The Henry 

Davis Gift vol.2 on binding curator's shelves 

and in open access copy in RBRR. 

Henry VIII (reign 

1509-1547; not 

including panel 

stamps featuring 

Henry's arms - see 

green box) 

Henry, Prince of 

Wales 

Hepworth of 

Kidderminster 

Owner C18b10, C18c9 (initials of Henry VIII and 

Anne Boleyn), C19e17, C21b7, C21f14, 

C23c3, C24a25, ?C46e25, C188c8 (Henry 

VIII's Library, Oldham roll), Royal MS 7DX 

(embroidered for Henry VIII and Katherine 

Parr), ?Harley 303, ?C65e1, C23e11 


Hepworth & Co., 

of Tunbridge 

Wells 


Herard Binder C153f5 (signed) 

C20d3, C21b8, C22f8, C22f12, C22f13, 

C22f14, C22f15, C22f20, C24b7, C24b15, 

C32f28, C46e4, C46i10, C46l3, C47i12, 

C47i20, C47k3, C47l1, C48b3, C48b6, 

C48h2-3, C48k1, C62g9, C64aa4, ?C64c8, 

C64cc2-3, C64g6, ?C65bb9, C65c7, C65g9, 

C66a8-24, C66f11, C66g7, C66h14, C68g3, 

C69f4, C82a16, C97h1, C108c6, IB55315, 

Davis95 (item 64, c.1610, London; arms of 

Henry, Prince of Wales, in centre), 199f2, 

G6750 (initials), C188c31(1-2) 

Herbert G5932 (crest wyvern with wings elevated 

vert, holding in the mouth a sinister hand 

coupled at the wrist gn., Fairbairn p. 271 

70.3)

Herbert, Lord, of 

Cherbury 17th 

century 

Herbert, Lord, of 

Cherbury. Lord 

Herbert's Binder 

Herbert, William 

(18th-century 

bibliographer) 

Owner C46g4, C46g5, see also Squirrel Binder: 


Davis179 (item 71, c.1635, London; for 

Charles I, centre piece built up of small tools 

around arms of King Charles I), Davis184 

(item 72, c.1639, London) 

Binder C46g5, ?C109q10 (for William Laud), 

C18b18 

Herbert, Matheus Owner C48b19, Davis806 

Herchens, F. & 

Son? of Utrecht 

Binder C37l3 

IC4508 (bookplate and WH's autograph), 

G19929 (bookplate and WH's autograph, 

dated 1772), ?G11584 (bookplate and 

autograph), ?G11589 (with WH's autograph) 

Heredia Binder C154h7 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings) 

Hering Binder G6196 (ticket), G6479 (ticket), ?G7761 

(imitation of Roger Payne), G7982 (ticket), 

?G7991, G8051 (ticket), G8223 (ticket), 

G8459-60 (ticket), G7986 (ticket), G8650-1 

(ticket), G8761-2 (ticket), G8833-36 (tickets 

in vols 1 and 3), ?G9003, G9314 (ticket), 

G9510-11 (ticket), G9518 (ticket), G10355 

(ticket), G12754 (ticket), C154k11 (Ramsden 

collection of signed bindings), C150b11 


C150b10 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings), C151d13 (Ramsden collection of 

signed bindings), C151d14 (Ramsden 

collection of signed bindings), C151d12 


C154k12 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings), C150b7 (Ramsden collection of 

signed bindings, crest of Charles Stanhope, 

Earl of Harrington, on covers), C150b9 

(Ramsden collection of signed bindings, crest 

of Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, on 

covers), C154k11 (Ramsden collection of 


Hering, Charles Binder C17a11 (for Duke of Marlborough), C23a25, 

C109g1, C39c15 (and Muller, Fr.), C40b54, 

C45k11, C29c13, C31a42, C51a19, ?C56d9- 

11, C57b27, C57d4, C63d11 (for ???), 

?C65d3, C69c3, C72a16, C108f16, C109g1, 

C128c15, G889, G890, G1338, G2011

Hering [Henry?] 

9 Newman St., 

Binder 

(ticket), G2528, G2876, G2877, G3755, 

G3983-5 (3 vols), G4457, C125c15, 

?C125aa16, 1578/8579 (Paris), C8e10, 

C29c13, C31a38, C32c19, C39g11-17, 

20b10, 42f1, 53f18, 134c12, 13 (ticket), 

216e1 (ticket), 675h5, 6, IC7847, C150b10 

(signed), C151d13 (signed), C151a14 

(signed), C154k10 (signed), C151d12 

(signed), Davis219 (item 202, c.1805, 

London, ticket), Davis291-292 (item 203, 

c.1840, London, ticket 'bound by Hering, 9 

Newman St.'), C154k9 (Ramsden collection 

of signed bindings), C150b11 (Ramsden 

collection of signed bindings), C194a395 

(19th century, ticket 'bound by Hering, 9 

Newman St.', Savile, John Lumley, 8th Earl 

of Scarborough, 1788-1856, Rufford Abbey 

Library bookplate), G7156?, G7986 (ticket), 

G7991?, G8479 (ticket), G10544 (ticket), 

G10451 (ticket) 

Collins 504 

Hering, J. Binder C153g1 (signed) 

Hering & Muller Binder C153g2 (signed) 

Heritier Binder C155g12 (signed) 

Hermann of 

Vienna 

Binder C154f4 (Ramsden collection of signed 

bindings) 

Hersant Binder C153g3 (signed) 

Herzog, J. R. of 

Leipzig 

Binder C129g3, Tab687a1, Collins 837 (binder 

spelled Hertzog for this item), Collins 838, 


Hess, Johann Owner See H. B. (Davis621) 

Hesse Cassel, 

Ernest Landgrave 

Owner C68a12 

Hesselin, L. T. C. Owner C68b8 

Hessen, 

Alexander von 

Owner C128b10-11 

Hessian Cup408i18, Cup407r3 

Hetherington, [R. 

W.], Uxbridge 

Heuerlinck, 

Thilemann 

Heukelom, 

Jan Bertus 

Hewson, J. of 

Thetford, 19th 

century 




(and 

binder?) 

Binder RB23a14741 (binder's ticket)

Heyes & Jones, 

Liverpool 

Heywarde, Sir 

Rowland 

Hibernian 

Academy 


See John de Planche, see Morocco Binder 

RB23a7763 (18th-century Irish binding with 

the stamp of the Hibernian Academy gold 

tooled on covers), C108bbb18

Hickman, Trevor Binder C188a150 

Hickman Owner C188b30 (arms of Hickman on binding) 

Hicks, H., & 

Allen 

Hickson, 

Edmund (?), 

London 

Hiles, H[arriet], 1 

Falcon Court, Fleet 

St., Swansea 

Binder C55h5 



Hilliard, Nicholas ?C23e8 or C23e9 (portrait and arms of 

Elizabeth I, by Hilliard?) 

Hiltbrunner, 19th 

century 


Hiron, J. S., 

Deddington 

Binder Collins 138 a and b 

Hirou Binder C154d6 (signed) 

Hiscox Binder C98c14 (for Percy) C188b57 

Hoare, Sir 

Richard Colt 

Owner Davis193 (see Roger Payne) 

Hobart, Henry Owner G14454 (initials on cover, name on flyleaf) 

Hobson, A. R. A. Binder? Collins 1013, Collins 1014 

Hodgson of 

Liverpool 

Mr Hodgsons 

Academy, Leeds 

Hodgsons of 

London 

Hogan, James, 

49 Locust, corner 

of Second Street, 

St. Louis 

Hogg, G[eorge] of 

Chatham 


Owner C143c2 (inscription gold tooled on upper 

cover, name of recipient, Mr I R Wardale of 

Whitby, tooled on lower, 1791 gold tooled on 

lower cover) 

Binder C111c2-4 


Binder Collins 140 a and b (2 vols) 

Hogg, Isabella Davis720 (see Holloway) 

Hohenheim, 

Franziska von 

Holborn, Ian 

B. Stoughton 

Holder, C. of 

Leeds 

C104e25 (pastepaper, 1785, monogram on 

spine) 



Holl of Worcester Binder C150b12(1) (signed), RM21g23 (signed, gold 

tooled silk) 

Hollings Binder G2372

Hollis, Thomas Owner C48e6, C48e25, C66e4 (Matthewman), 

C66e9, C108bb4, C186bb30, C67f18, C69e2, 

C108g22, Davis163 (item 174, c.1761, 

London; by Matthewman), 696m16, 138e11 

Holloway 

(Marseille. M., 

from 1854 at 25 

Bedford St) 

Binder C40e70, C44d26, C56e6, C68h15, Davis720 

(item 223, c.1862, London; for Dudley Coutts 

Marjoribanks, First Baron Tweedmouth, arms 

of Dudley C. M. impaling those of his wife 

Isabella Hogg, their monogram and motto on 

lower cover, signed M. M. Holloway, 

London), Music K7g1 (signed) horrible 

marbled leather 

Holmes, Charles Binder ?C108g12 (Charles Rickets HR), ?C108g13 

(Charles Rickets HR) 

Holzer, U. of 

Boston, Mass. 

Hood Derek Binder C188a140. 

Binder TauchX1a (printed binder's label, decorated 

paper over boards) 

Hookham, T. Binder C42e9, C151e1 (Ramsden collection of 

signed bindings, with crest of Earl of

Hookham & 

Carpenter 

Clancarty on lower cover) 


Hoole, John R. Binder Collins 978 

Hoon, W. of 

Ashborne 


Horn, H., of 

Leipzig 


Horseshoes 44h27 (Saint Bel Lecture, on the elements of 

farriery 1793 book with accompanying 

plaster hoofs and brass shoes) 

Horton, Francis Owner K7i2(1-104) (Music Library, Settle binding) 

Houghton & Cunn Binder C108cc5 

Houlden, John of 

Cambridge (active 

from 1631) 

Houlden, T., 3 

Nicolson St., 

Edinburgh 

House of 

Commons Library 

Horwood, 57 

Holloway Rd., 

London 

Henry Howard, 

Earl of 

Northampton 

Binder C108i14 


RB23c34 (17th-century Dutch binding with 

arms of House of Commons Library added) 


Owner C33g1, C67d13 

Howell, S. B., 

of Birmingham 


Hoym, Count Owner G1569 (arms), G2463 (arms), G4719 (arms), 

G6274 (arms), G6465 (arms and device), 

G8433 (arms), G8545 (arms), G9218 (arms) 

Hoyne, Comte d' Owner C46a31, C47a14, C69aa17, C7b4, C128c11, 

C34f50, C39c66, C2b3 

Hoyte, F. S., 

printer, bookseller 

and stationer 

Binder RB23a1695 (Stationer Sidmouth, label) 

Hubel & Denck Binder C186a6, C129i22 (Leipzig), Collins 842 

Huches & Kemp 

of Oxford 

Hudson & Kearns, 

Southwark St., 

London 

Huet, Petrus, 

Bishop of 

Avranches 

Hughes, J., of 

Festiniog 

Binder C58a19 


Owner C64f6 

Binder Collins 874

Hughes of 

Pontypool 

Hughes-Stanton, 

Blair 

Hulbert, C., of 

Shrewsbury 


Binder C69g9 (and George Fisher), C100l19 (and 

George Fisher), C102e16 (and George 

Fisher), C102l19 (and George Fisher), 

C108g5 (and George Fisher) 


Hulin Binder C153g4 (signed) 

Human Skin 

Binding 

Humphries, 

Sidney 

None in BL, references in C J Davenport, The 

Book, 1907, p. 180, e.g. in Carnavalet 

Library, Paris (18th-century French), 2271b2, 

Gerald Donaldson, Books, Oxford, 1981, p. 

19, e.g. in Exeter (19th-century English) 

Owner C43g1, C43h1

Hundert of 

Bordeaux 

Huntingdon, Earl 

of Hastings 


Owner C67g10, C67h8 

Hungerford C108tt1 (Hungerford Library Monogram) 

Hunt, Rachel 

McMasters Miller 

Hunt, William, 

Tavern Street, 

Ipswich 

Binder C108ff1 


Hunt & Sons, 

of Birmingham 


Hunter, Dard Designer Collins 979 

Hunter & Foulis 

of Edinburgh 

Hunter, William 

& Sons 

Edinburgh 

Binder Cup510dga16 (batik cloth, covers designed 

by Joan Charleston) 

Binder Collins 786, Collins 787 (Collins 

Particular Bindings notes this company’s 

link with D.A.F[oulis] see above? 

Huntsman Binder Binder C129mm2 (covering IB37895a) 

Hunzinger, A. of 

Berlin 


Hurault family Owner G17209 (arms and cypher of a member of the 

Hurault family, possibly Henri Hurault, Cte. 

de Chiverny?) 

Hussey see More, 

John 

Hussey Mosaic 

Binder 

Owner 


Hutchins (C. I.,) Binder See Collins 1015 – various documents (a-g) 

relating to Hutchins 

Hutchinson, Hugh 

of Durham 

Hyde & Crewe of 

Newcastle-under- 

Lyme 

Binder Add MS30944 


Hyde, Henry Binder See Queen's Binder A IV 

Hynes, R., 7 

Town Wall St., 

Dover 

I 


Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark

I., H. Binder Davis16 (item 26, c.1530; signed, 

possibly London) 

I., L. C128f4 (gold tooled on English16th-c. 

binding) 

I., L. R. N. G. B. RB23a11685 (gold tooled initials and 

arms on vellum, imprint: London, 

1662) 

I. H. R. I. G. Binder C153g6 (signed) 

Imperial Arms See Lucas Weischner (Davis693) 

Imperiali, Cardinal, 

Joseph Renatus 

Owner C106f19 

'Impiger et Fidus' motto of Constable, G3630?, G5262?

Ingalton of Eton Binder C151e5 (signed), C151e4 (signed) 

'Ingenuas Suspicit 

Artes' 

Ingoldsby Owner C70d10 

Ingram Binder C151e6(1) (signed) 

motto of Charles Long, Baron 

Farnborough (c.1760-1838), trustee of 

BM, left money to augment Bridgwater 

fund, arms block used by BL bindery. 

Initial Binder Binder C20a2 (for Robert Dudley), C82f11 

(for Elizabeth I) 

Innocent XI, Pope 

(Odescalchi) 

Innocent XII, Pope 

(Pignatelli) 

Owner C67c20, C108h5, C128d4, C47f17 

Owner C47b2, C47f9, C47l7 

Innocent XV, Pope Owner Add MS (arms on 17th-c. Italian 

binding) 

Ireland, Henry, 23 

Ferry-quay-st., Derry 

Irish University Press 

Bindery 

Iulius, Christophorus 

Fabius 

J 

Name Owner or 

Binder 


Binder See Desmond Smith 

Owner Davis629 (item 341, dated 1572) 

Shelfmark 

J., A. See Arthur Johnson 

JNA Binder? Collins 333 

J., T. R. See Trevor Jones 

Jackson, J. (City road) 1568/8296 

Jackson, James H., 

Perth 


Jackson, William, of 

Aberdeen 


Jagd am Zaun (Kyriss 

shop 81) 

IA12984

James I (reign 1603- 

1625) 

Owner C18b13, C18c4, C18c11, C18c14, 

C18e15, C20d3, C21d9, C21d12, 

C21e13, C21f13, C22f4, C22f13, 

C22f14, C22f15, C23e1, C23e12, 

C24a27, C24b15, C24b23, C24b27, 

C24c3, C24d3, C24d10, C24d16, 

C24d5, C24f5-7, C24f12, C27a24, 

C29k16, C37l9, C38i1, C39d51, 

C40l3, C45h11, C45h12, C46e5, 

C46f6, C46g3, C46i13, C46l6, C47f2, 

C47f13, C47i11, C47k11, C47k21, 

C47l14, C47u1, C48e8, C48h2, C48h3, 

C48k4, C51h5, C53d15, C62g9, 

C64a1, C64aa1, C64cc1, C64d3, 

C64d12, C64dd1, C64g2, C64i3,

James II (reign 1685- 

deposed 1688, died 

1701) 

James VI of Scotland Owner Davis509 

C64q2, C65c4, C65i13, C66c12, 

C66g1, C67d4, C67e7, C73a17, 

C73a18, C73a19, C73b15, C73c1, 

C73c2, C73c3, C73e1, C73g5, C73e6, 

C73g5, C77e2, C78a1, C78d8, C80h9 

(as James VI of Scotland), C82b12, 

C83k1, C183b4 (Stuart arms as for 

James I), Add MS 27, Roy MS 18bxx, 

341d9, 438m7, 444l6, 473f9, 475f3, 

476a21, 478c8, 478d3, 478g2-6, 

480b?8, 480e7, 506h10, 521k7, 

591g12, 596i6, 603k3, 609k10, 

675e18, 690i10, 877h14, C122i1 (19th 

stamp) 

Owner C18e11 (monogram), C66f5 (as Duke 

of York), C67e7 (arms made up 

Antoine Ruette?), C67i8 (as Duke of 

York), C83a1 (blind tooled crown and 

initials, as on PP2465), C83a8 (J. R., 

crowned cypher), PP2465 (Almanachs 

1687, crowned initials, gold tooled), 

7h1 (for James II's own use, different 

cypher, Mearne), 11g5 (for James II's 

own use, different cypher, Mearne), 

C83d1 (James's cypher), Davis526, 

PP2465 (1687, cypher of James II, 

crowned JR enwreathed), PP2465 (1- 

27 (which year?), cypher of James II), 

see Samuel Mearne IV 

James, Earl of Murray Add MS 27,472 (16th c. Scottish 

binding, on upper cover: Erle James of 

Murray, on lower cover: to regent our 

soveran) 

James, Angela P. Binder C183b8, C188b12 (signed, onlaid 

binding, c.1980) Taylor 9, Taylor 23. 

James, Gilbert, 

London 


Janet, L. Binder C150h10 (signed) 

Janet, fils Binder C153g8 (Ramsden Collection of 


Janet, Louis Binder C108bb8, C153g7 (Ramsden 


Jarrolds of Norwich Binder Collins 147 

Jarvis & Forster, 

Bangor 

Jean Theodore, Prince 

of Baravia, Bishop of 

Liege 


Owner C66e15

Jeanes, E. (blib.) 

successor to Mr W. 

Strong, late Mr G. 

1490c72 (19th c., L.Stuckley, A 

Gospel Glass)

Dyer, bookseller and 

bookbinder opposite 

Guildhall, Exeter 

Jeffersons of Carlisle Binder 1578/6063 

Jeffery, William, of 

Sherborne 


Jeffrey, [John], 

[Charlotte Street] 


Jenkins & Cecil Binder C39a20, C52a18, C56b10 

Jennings, R. Binder C151e7 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindigns), C151e8 (Ramsden 


Jerningham Owner Add MS 61916 (crest, gold tooled on 

English ?18th c binding) 

Jerrard Binder C30l7 

"Je suis loyal" EG3510 (motto around arms on 

binding by Leighton 19th c. English) 

Jesus Maria on blind roll Oldham EB5B In(2) 935, 

C69ff8 

Jesuits College, Paris, 

Binder of the 

John IV, King of 

Portugal 

John Frederick, Duke 

of Brunswick 

John Frederick, Duke 

of Saxony 


Owner C46e17 

Owner C68c7 

Owner C64aa3 (Charles V) 

Johnson, A. Binder RB23b2443 (MS note says "Rebound 

by A. Johnson, 1986. The text is James 

Hamilton, Outlines of Midwifery 

1826.") 

Johnson, Arthur Binder C108n11(4 small signed vols), 

Davis242 (item 248, dated 1962; 

signed and dated A J 1962) 

Johnson, Maurice Owner Davis157 (item 157, c.1751; B and by 

Christopher Norris) 

J. Johnson & Co., of 

Glasgow 

Jones, E. of 

Llanerchymedd 

Jones, Herbert, 

Swansea 

Jones, John, of 

Liverpool, 19th c. 

Jones, Peter, England 

20th-21st c. 

Binder C154k13 (Ramsden Collection of 




Binder C154k14 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), Add MS 50000 

(signed inside upper cover) 

Binder C188a33 (articulated wood), C188b23 

(in wooden box)

Jones, R. E., & 

Brothers, Conway 


Jones, Simeon Glyn Binder C188b61. 

Jones, Trevor Binder Davis280 (item 240, dated 1956;

de Jonge (19th c.? 

Belgium) 

Joni, Icilico Federico 

(19th c. Italy, made 

fakes) 

signed and dated in manuscript 'T R J 

56'), Davis301 (item 241, 1958; signed 

'T R J'), Davis281 (item 242, dated 

1958; signed and dated 'Trevor Jones 

58') 

Owner Add MS25,057, Add MS25,052-3, 

Add MS25,061-2, Add MS25,066-69 

Binder C188c11 (fake wooden covers, gilt and 

painted), C188c12 

Jorba, F. Binder smk? (on Spanish embossed binding, 

19th c.) 

Joseph I Owner Davis642 (item 355, Vienna, c.1708; 

portrait of Joseph I and his arms; same 

binder on Davis637 (item 354)) 

Joseph II. Emperor of 

Germany 

Owner C46h5 

Joublin Binder C153g9 (signed) 

Journeaux of Cork Binder Collins 294 

Joyce, Carol Binder Cup410g631 (printed ticket) 

Jozon-Chauvet Binder C155f13 (signed) 

Judde, Nicolas Owner C46a15 

Juhasz Binder ZA shelfmark (20th c. Hungarian 

binder; edition of Ship of fools bound 

by Juhasz; purchase by Bridget Guzner 

in 1999) 

Juul-Lassen of 

Denmark 

K 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

K., A. (King Edward & 

Queen Mary Binder) 

Binder 1568/9066?, Cup410aa6 

Shelfmark 

Binder Davis21 (item 37), includes initials 

A K 

K., G. of Oxford C143b4 (initials on blind roll), 

C143b7 (initials on blind roll; same 

as b4?), Davis20 (item 34; c.1550- 

1600, Oxford, signed G K) 

K., H Binder? 3455ccc3 HK on Justice and 

Lucrece panels.

L., K. (blind roll) C48g5, C130i14, C48k9, C35h5 (all 

with panel stamp of Henry VIIIs 

arms; Oldham's Sva(b))

K., M. B. 1509/2041 (tooled on upper cover; 

Germany, 16th c.) 

K., T. See Thomas Kruger 

K., T. V. Owner C188a35 (Germany, 16th c.) 

Kallenbach Binder C156k6 (signed), C156k7 (signed) 

Kalthoeber Binder C156h14 (attributed to Kalthoeber) 

Kalthoeber, Christian 

Samuel 

Kampen prize binding 

(19th c., Dutch) 

Binder C2a17, ?C7c11, C11e9, ?C17c4, 

C19e13, C27b38, C39h13, C48b14, 

C65g10, C66g10, ?C156h14, G688, 

G15727, G2316, G2620, G2941, 

G3104, G3786, G5224, C1c8, 

?45a7, 56h5, 125g1 (with ticket), 

144e13, ?188a14, 188b5 (with 

ticket), 190b5 (with ticket, c.1796), 

238h16 (with ticket, c.1800), 289i20 

(signed), 292d7 (signed), Davis194 

(item 189; c.1782, London), 60e18 

(same tools as Davis194), C151e10 

(signed), G6695 (ticket), G7202? , 

IB47049 signature gold on blue, 

Music Hirsch I.644 (not signed poor 

condition), Collins 511, Collins 512, 

Cup408g6 Collins 513, Collins 514 

Kangaroo skin C47i10 (The voyage of Governor 

Phillip to Botany Bay., London, 

1789) 

Karadasius, Matheus Owner C20a14 

Karslake, Constance Binder C188a159 (C19th brown gold, 

probably by Karslake), 

Kasparek, Zdenek (20th c., 

Czech) 

Kasparek, Zdenek (20th c., 

Czech) 

Kaspers, Kornelius, of 

Dusseldorf 

Binder 2 bindings acq by D Pavlik, to be 

catalogued. 

Binder Cup936/2167 (design incorporates a 

keyboard) 


Kaufmann Binder C33a29 

Kauffmann, J. (20th c., 

France) 

Kaunitz-Reitberg, Prinz 

von 

Binder YA1986b964 

Davis617 (item 319, dated 1784, 

probably made in Brussels, arms of 

Prince von Kaunitz-Reitberg on 

upper cover), G11771 (arms)

Kaye, William, 

5 Blackett St., 

Newcastle 


Kearney, Robert Owner C69d8 (and Francisco Nugent) 

Keatinge, Henry of United 

States 

Binder 4017a50 (marbled sheep with title 

label, signed (stamp) beneath

imprint, on: J Muir, Examination, 

Baltimore 1797) 

Keene, Martin of Dublin Binder C154k15 (Ramsden collection, 

signed) 

Kelliegram binding C108u26 signed (elaborately 

decorated doublure) pictorial style 

by Kelly & sons 

Kelly, J., 15 Gower Place, Binder Collins 515, Collins 516, Collins 

London 


Kelly (19th c.) Binder C151e11 (signed) 

Kelly & Sons C72e4 (signed) 

Kempson, W., of Chertsey Binder Collins 150 

Kemsyn, J. Binder Davis50 (2) (c.1470, Canterbury, 

LD 14/2/94) 

Kent, Alfred & Son, Binder? ?Collins 323 

Norwich 

Repairer? 

Seller? 

Kent, H. W. Binder? Collins 1016 

Kenyon of Bolton Binder Collins 151 

Kerk & Richardson, 

Glasgow 

Kern & Mader, 7 Hunter 

St., Sydney 

Kermaire, Christine of the 

Netherlands 

Kern and Mader, 7 Hunter 

Street, Sydney 

Kerr & Richardson Ltd of 

Glasgow (19th c.) 



Binder RF2000b59 (artists book, signed and 

dated 1994) 


Kersten, Georg Binder C188a92 

Kersten, P. of Germany 

(20th c.) 

Kerver, Jacques Owner C64c11 

Binder C131de18, 1578/6418, RB23a1023 

Binder C108e8, C183a4 (see also marbled 

papers in Olga Hirsch collection) 

Keysere, Pieter de Binder see Jovis de Gavare, Davis609 

Kher, Richard V. D. Owner Davis348 (by Wootton, present from 

Theodericus Thingen) 

Kieffer, Rene of Paris Binder C108gg2, C186b5, C183aa9, 

C188b4, C188b3 

Kile, F. Binder C154k16 (signed), C150b14 

(signed), C151e13 (signed), 

C151e12 (signed) 

Kings Binder S. C. Binder Davis416, Davis 417 

King, Abraham Bradley Binder Davis317 (item 264; c.1792, Dublin, 

probably from workshop of A B 

King (King's stationer 1784-1801)

King, Jessie M. Designer Collins 792 

King, John, of Andover Binder Collins 153 (?) 

King, R., of Alton Binder Collins 152 

King, Robert Binder C108i10, Davis217-218 (item 201; 

c.1805, Hythe (ticket)) 

King Edward & Queen 

Mary Binder (16th c. 

England) 

Binder C104dd25?, C24c20, C65gg6, 

C27e13, Davis58 (item 36; c.1550, 

London, For William Bill, initials 

W. B. in centre of panel), Davis21 

(item 37; c.1552, London, motto in 

centre 'Si ders nobiscum quis cantra 

nos', monogram of Thomas 

Goodrich, initials A. K. added), 

Davis87 (item 38; c.1554, London, 

for Queen Mary, initials in centre)

King Henry's Binder Binder C18c9 

Kingsnorth, J. P. Owner C107bb81 (1809), C107bb80 (1808) 

Kingston, H. Binder C154k17 (signed) 

Kinnear Owner C21d18 (arms) 

Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig 

(20th c., Germany) 

Kirkpatrick, Andrew J. 

(19th c., England) 

C129i7 (Kirchner designed binding) 

Owner C190aaa31 (bound by Riviere, 

signed) 

Kiselova, Jana C125dd24 (designed binding?) 

Kisiel (19th c.) Binder C155g13 

Kitcat, G. Binder C109a62 

Kitcat, G & J., Ltd., 

London 


Klarner, Johann Owner Egerton MS1182 (initials I K N on 

album owned by him, binding dated 

1560) 

Kleinhans Binder C153g10 (signed) 

Klunder, Christian of 

Berlin (20th c.) 

Binder Cup409b15 

Knecht, A. Binder C54c3 (signed, 19th c.) 

Knecht of Strasbourg Binder C150h11 (signed, same as A. 

Knecht?) 

Kniesbeck, Thomas von 

(16th c., Germany) 

C188a35 (TvK and MS note 

identifying him b.t. bg.) 

Knill? & Sons, Account 

Book Manufacturers, 

Reading 


Kniper, Thomas Binder Davis692 (for Anne of Denmark) 

Knorr & Hirth or Nirth? of 

Munchen (20th c.) 

Koch, Heinrich of 

Stuttgart (Buchbinderei) 

Binder Cup408rrr9 

Koch, Oscar, Zwonitz Binder Collins 844 

Koberger, of Nuremberg 

(d.1513) 

Binder C129a8 (design Hasert), 11521aaa42 

Collins 836 

IB7413 (bound for Koberger's shop) 

Koch, Jeanette Binder Taylor 2, Taylor 7. 

Koehler of Paris (19th c.) Binder C40c49 (for Alphonse Audenet), 

C29d3, C30m11, C34g31, C59g2, 

C22a56, C29m10, C30e17, C38a32, 

C39d14, C39d17, C39e22, C39g2, 

C40a49, C40b23, C40b30, C54b10, 

C54bb10, C57c1, C59fff4, C97aa17 

(signed), C125e11, IB39601, 

C34m14, 11474b29, G6775 (all 

signed)

Koehler Binder C150h13 (signed), C153g11 

(signed), C155g14 (signed), 

C150h12 (signed), C97aa17 

(signed)

Koeniger Binder C153g12 (signed) 

Kohn, Madeline (20th c.) Binder C72c5 (signed) 

Kostelezki Binder C153h1 (signed) 

Koudacheff, S. V. Prince Owner C108aa13 

Krause Binder C47k6 (for Augustus I, Earl of 

Saxony) 

Krauss Binder C155g15 (signed) 

Krauss, G. F. of Vienna Binder C156k17 (signed), C156k16 

(signed), C128h1 (ticket) 

Kremsmunster, 

Ritterakademie 

Owner C129c26 (arms gold tooled on lower 

cover) 

Kroese, J. G. Stenfert, 

Arnhem 


Kronheim Binder C155a1 (signed), C155a2 (signed) 

Kruger, Thomas Binder Davis692 (item 342; c.1573, 

Wittenberg, signed T K, portrait 

dated 1563, arms of Denmark and 

Saxony painted on foreedge) 

Krumin of Boston Binder C122h6 

Krupka, Atelier (Czech 

Republic) 

Binder RF2002c16, RF2002b59, 

RF2002a93, RF2002b58, 

RF2002a91, RF2002C15, 

RF2002B60 

Kruseman, A C Binder C108u7, paper label on upper 

pastedown, maybe binder. 

L 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

L., A. A. M. see Amandus Schickmayer 

L., D. C66f5 and C67i8 (monogram with Royal 

coronet; James, Duke of York see James 

II.) 

L.E.G.O. spa of Binder Collins 940 

Vicenza 

L., H. (Hans Lietz, 

late 16th, early 17th 

century, Augsburg?) 

L12e8 (roll with H L) 

L., H. see also Henry Yelverton; C25b20 (H L 

gold tooled on cover), C11a27 (H L 

tooled on upper cover, black calf, 16th

L., J (John Leighton) 

For [Robert] Spencer 

and Son 

Binder 

century, English, Henry Yelverton), 

61b21 (H L blind tooled on upper cover) 

Collins 664 

L., K. Binder C48g5 (with panel stamp of Henry VIII's 

arms), C130i14 (Oldham's Sva(6)), 

C48k9 (Oldham's Sva(6)), C35h5 

(Oldham's Sva(6)) 

L., L. (surmounted 

by Earl's coronet) 

L., L. (back to back, 

English tool (see also 

French version of 

monogram for King 

Louis) 

Owner Music H385v, Music H385 w-aa, Music 

H401l 

62b11, 195c15, 225e13, 288b5 (spine, 

deteriorated), Davis316 (may alos be an 

Irish tool), if its 18 Fr, its likely to be 

Louis XV, Boulter Griesson's Binder uses 

a tool similar to this 

L., M. C183c8 (initials gold tooled on 17th- 

century English binding) 

L., M. I. W. C110e6 (initials and date 1584 silver(?) 

tooled on vellum wrappers) 

L., R. (roll) C64f4 (eagle and R. L. on roll) 

La Bedoyere Owner G16850? (arms) 

Laballe, L., 

27 Quai de l’Horloge, 

Paris 


Labreveux Binder C155h1 (signed) 

Labunsky, Johannis 

also Lebunsky or 

Labovnsky 

Owner C66f9 

Lacouture Binder C155h2 (signed) 

Lagny, Jeune Binder C153h2 (signed) 

Lagondie, Joseph, 

Comte de 


Laine Binder C153h3 (signed) 

Lake of Uxbridge Binder C151e14 (signed) 

Laker, W., West St., 

Horsham 

Lakeride press of 

Chicago 


Binder C103k7 

Lalande Binder C28l12, C150h14 (signed), C153h4 

(signed) 

Lambert Binder C153h5 (signed) 

Lambert, A. Binder C153h6 (signed) 

Lambert, N. Owner 67i6 (arms) 

Lamport-Smith, L. Binder? Collins 1017 

Lancashire, M. of 

Rochdale 

Binder C151f1 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings)

Landy, of Kilkenny Binder Collins 295 

Lanfranconi Owner C67c27 

Langdale, T. of 

Ripon 

Binder C154k18 (signed) 

Langwell, W. H. Binder Collins 520, Collins 521 

Lanisignon, Owner C29m9

Guillaume de 

Lanne Binder C153h9 (signed) 

Larcher Owner C69a4 

Larchier of Lyons Binder C153h10 (signed) 

Larcom, Thomas A. Owner C188a1 (presentation binding to Larcom) 

Lard-Esnault of 

Paris, Rue Peydeau 

Binder RM21e10 (embossed paper binder's 

ticket) 

Larkins, J. Binder C40k2, C135e5, Ch790/226, Collins 522 

Larriviere Binder C155h3 (signed), C156k8 (signed) 

Laski, J. Owner Davis651 

Lasserin, Judith Binder C130bb8 

Last, Arthur Binder Davis282 (item 243; dated 1957) 

Lattice Binder of 

Cambridge 

Laud, William, 

Archbishop of 

Canterbury 

Lauderdale, Viscount 

Maitland 

Laufberger, A., 743- 

II, Prague 

Binder C129g8 (Gerson Johannis, Opera pt III, 

1494), IB7480A (Homeliarius, 

Doctorum, 1494) 

Owner C67f3, C109q10 (by Lord Herbert's 

Binder?) 

Owner C67a14, C67b16 


Lauffert, J. Binder G10912 (signed) 

Laurent, R. Binder C153h11 (signed) 

Laurier Annette Joyce Binder C118a168 

Laurin, Marc Owner Davis685 (item 303; c.1566), Davis497- 

499 

Lauscelin, France 

19th century 

Laut Dog on "Laut" 

binding ? 

Lauweryn, Marc see 

also Laurin, Marc 

513e26 (signed) 

C64f4 

Owner Davis352 (by Claude de Picques) 

Lavaux AD Binder C188b71(signed) 

Law, E. Owner C45g13 

Law, Vera, 20th c., 

English 

Lawrence Asylum 

Press [bindary], 

Madras 

Lawson, J., 66 

Darlington St., 

Wigan 



Binder Collins 156

L.C.C. Central 

School of Arts & 

Crafts teacher P. 

McLeish 

Binder C98h3, C99h25 

Lear, P. Binder Collins 793 (Lear probably responsible 

(?) only for the lettering on the cover) 

Leathley, Joseph Binder see The College Binder, Collins 296 (?) 

Lebatteux of Le 

Mans 


Lebrun Binder C37c45, C37d34, C10i3 (signed & dated

Lecler Binder C150i4 (signed) 

Le Clerc de 

Lesseville 

1839), C153i1 (signed), C150i2 (signed) 

Owner G1783 (arms), G2851 (arms), G4306 

(arms), G7194 (arms) 

Lecrene of Caen Binder C153i2 (signed) 

Leczuiska, Marie 

(Queen of Louis XV) 

Owner C48c15 

Ledergerber, [Johann] Binder 

(?) 

Collins 846 

Ledoux Binder C150i7 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C150i6 (Ramsden Collection 

of signed bindings), C150i5 (Ramsden 


Lefeaux, I. of 

Chichester 

Binder C155a3 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Lefebvre Binder C22a37, C38b24, C39b9, C42g3, 

C129d16, C153i3 (signed), C150i8 

(signed) 

Le Feuvre Binder C44e 

Le Fevre de la 

Faluere 


Le Fuel Binder C108bbb15, C153i4 (signed), C183a42 

Legnier, Pierre 

Philippe, Chancellor 

of France 

Owner C47k2, C67a21, C68a5 

Lagrain, J. Antoine Binder Davis556 

Legrain, Pierre Binder C108w8 

Lehmann, Carl Jun. 

of Berlin 

Binder C130bb13 

Lehrner of Vienna Binder C154f5 (signed) 

Leibnitz Binder C150i9 (signed) 

Leicester, Earl of see 

Robert Dudley 

Owner 

Leighton Binder C53bb12 

Leighton, John Binder Collins 526 

Leighton, Son, & 

Hodge, Shoe Lane, 

London 

Leighton Straker 

Bookbinding Co. Ltd., 

Standard Rd., Acton 

Lehrner, Jos. 

compegn of Vienna 

Leiden, First 

Dissertation Binder 



Collins 529 


Binder C109m48

Leighton (To be 

checked) 

Leighton see 

Leighton Son & 

Hodge 

Leighton, J. of 

Brewer Street 

Leighton, Frederick 

Snr. 


C34c44, C37b54, C44d12-13, C53bb12, 

C53d16, C57i7, C108c34, IA8105, 

IA43022 

Binder C141a14, 1578/4667, IB2384A (signed), 

Eg3510 (signed) 

see T J Cobden-Sanderson cont (Davis 

271)

Leighton, Son & 

Hodge 

Leighton, William 

Thomas 

Binder C109c2 (binder's ticket), C109d5 

(binder's ticket), C109d6 (binder's ticket), 

C109d7 (binder's ticket), C109d9-10, 

C129b5, C129e1, C30a12, 7954aaa29 

(binder's ticket), YA1996a18205 (Ouida 

Puck, 1874, binder's ticket), 12639bb8, 

KTC15a11, Tab1216a, C66i? 

Binder C66i13 

Leighton-Straker Binder C99f38, C99f40-41, C109d18, 

Collins 525 

Leisegang, Germany? Binder Collins 847 

Leishman, T. Binder C155a4 (attributed to Leishman), C151f2 

(signed) 

Lejard Binder C150i10 (signed) 

Lemaistre of 

Versailles 


Leimaitre of Nogent Binder C153i6 (signed) 

Lemieux, T. of 

Quebec 

Binder C109f3 

Lemol C65h11 

Lenoelaine Binder C155h5 (signed) 

Lenzi of Milan Binder G11376 (signed) 

Lesni, P. Binder G9873 (signed) 

Leo X, Medici, Pope Owner C42a3 

Leo XI, Medici, 

Pope 

Owner C47g9 

Leonard of Rugeley Binder C155a6 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Leopold I Davis637 (item 354; c.1688, Vienna, 

portrait of Leopold I), Davis642 (item 

355) 

Lepre of Nantes Binder C153k2 

Leroux, Georges Binder C108w7 

Leslie, J. Binder C35f5 

Lesne Binder C155h7 (signed) 

Lesne, Fils Binder C155h6 (signed, dated 1823) 

Lestringant Binder C155h8 (signed) 

Letellier, C. U., 

Archbishop of 

Rheims 

Le Tellier, J. C., 

Marquis de 

Courtenvany 

Owner C47b10, C47c3-4, C47c7, C47d12 

Owner G1483 (arms)

Letellier, Michel, 

Chancelier of France 

Owner C47g12, C47h1 

Leteurtre of Bologne Binder C153k5 (signed), C153k4 (signed) 

Levasseur & Co. Binder C97b13 

Levett of Cambridge Binder C150b15 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Lefeuvre, C., 

Beresford St., Jersey 


Leurei, Cap. Magg Binder Collins 941 

Lewer, H. of Pimlico Binder C130a26 

Lewis, C. C20a22, C25c12, C25c19, C25d9, 

C25g7, C27h13, C29g10, C29m2, 

C30b13, C20d10, C21a20, C21c2, 

C21d14, C23a17, C24c12, C21a58, 

C33a13, C35b17, C35c14, C35c24, 

C35i8, C35k6, C36h, C39b43, C39b65, 

C39c13, C39c56, C39d2, C39g9, 

C40a25, C41c7, C41c22, C45c4, C53c13, 

C54b25, C57a3, C57b47, C57e10, 

C57e12, C57e15, C58f13, C61b12, 

C62b24, C63b47, C63h13, C65f2, 

C67a24, C71a13, C71b24, C72c8 (1812), 

C71b25, C108a19-20, C108aa8, 

C108bbb2, C108f17, C110b11, 

C116bb11, C122bb11, C122d22, C132i7, 

C132i15, C132i66, C20b17, C20d12 (for 

Ternay-Companis), C1b4 (for the Duke 

of Devonshire), G1036, G1146, G1199, 

G1453, G1942?, G2359, G2371, G2410, 

G2454, G2457, G2916-7 (2 vols), G3241, 

G3685, G3780, G3797, G3912, G4071- 

24, G4418, G4957, G1349?, G4990, 

C20a22, C25c12, C25c19, G33-5 (3 

vols), G476, G8730, 269c7, Huth46 

(signed), Huth62 (signed), Huth90 

(signed), G519?, G963?, G966 (signed), 


(signed), G1195 (signed), G1236, 

G1349?, G6212 (signed), G6442, G6563, 

G6566, G7037 (signed), G7175, G8016 



(signed), G8730, G8731, G8974 (signed), 


(signed), G942 (signed), G9533 (signed), 






(signed), G10325 (signed), G10335










(signed), G11285 (signed), G11286, 


G11358 (signed), G11360?, G11370 


(signed), G11500 (signed), G11521?, 







G12196 (signed), C155a5(1) (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C151f3 

(signed), C151f4 (signed), G12215 

(signed), G12726 (3 vols, signed), 




(signed), G6702 (signed), G6703?, 

G6971, G7025, G6988, G9153 

Lewis, William, 22 

Duke St., Cardiff 


Lewis & Sons Binder C111e16, 

Lewis & Sons (John), 

Gough Square, 

Fleet Street 


Leycester C188a113 (arms of Leycester), C188a114 

(Leycester) 

Leyden 165n4 (arms of Leyden on vellum, 

c.1671) 

Libermann Binder C153k6 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings), C156k9 (signed) 

Libreria Rosa, 

Bouret Y CIA 

Lidstone of 

Plymouth 

Binder Cup407mm28 


Lierres, Etienne de C143b8 (Lierres designed binding and 

illustrated endleaves) 

Linan Cisneros, 

Melchier, 

Archbishop of Lina 

Owner C66g8 

Lincolns Inn Fields Owner Cup408ss22

Lindau, Hayntzell de Owner C69c10 

Linde, A. (Andreas) Binder 217f24 (1751), 218d3 (1751), Davis162 

(item 173; London, c.1761) 

Lindenberg, A. F. Owner 1578/3938 (1777) 

Lindheim, Louisa, 

with pieces by Sophie 

Pullmann 


Lindner Binder see Fargher and Lindner 

Lindsay, Jen Binder C183d14, C188c23, Taylor 4, Taylor 11. 

Linn, John, 

bookbinder at 

Locke's Head 

Newcastle 

Lion of St Mark on 

Commissions of 

Doge of Venice 


Lion of St Mark, 

Ivory Carving on 

early binding 

Germany? 

Binder NTab2025/11(21) 

Lionne Owner C68f7 

Add MS31,157, Add MS26,067, Add 

MS15,127, Add MS23,769, Add 

MS16,996, Add MS18,066, Add 

MS17,348 

Add MS23,931 

Little Gidding Binder Add MSS34657/9, C23e4, C23e2, C23e3, 

C27d15, C188a14 (gold-tooled green 

goatskin) Positive microfilms c23e3 Mic 

A 20080, mic c23e3 MicA 20081, c23e4 

Mic A 20082. 

Littlewood, J. of 

Rochdale 

Livraria Bertrand 

Press Bindery (Port) 

Llanlillo, J., Calle 

de las Delicias, 

Santiago de Chile 

Lloyd, 36 Chandos 

Street, Strand, 

London 

Lloyd & Son, 

Aberdare 

Lloyd (of Lloyd & 

Wallis) 

Lloyd see Lloyd & 

Wallis 

Lloyd, E. and J. 

Mold 


Binder C109k5 


Binder 1560/4650, Davis261 (item 211; c.1821, 

London, ticket) 


Binder C31g2 (signed "Lloyd"), Huth83 

(signed), C62d11 (signed), C71e20 

(signed "FRS Lloyd), C114b17, C116b19 

Binder C31f11, C31g2, C53gg32, C58i10, 

C62d11, C71d14, C71e20 (FRS Lloyd), 

C114b17, C116b19 

Binder 3405bb7 (binder's ticket), Collins 882

Lloyd, Edmund Binder C151f5 (signed) 

Lloyd & Wallis Binder C53aa9, C53aa10, C53aa20 

Lloyd, Wallis & 

Lloyd 

Binder C20c21, C53aa34, C53gg12, C54bb11, 

C55b12, C57b31-32, C62b11, C96b13, 

C107g7, IA40560

LCC Central School 

of Arts & Crafts 

Lobstein-Lavenchet Binder C103h24 

Binder C98h3, TC4a17 (signed), C99k25 

(binder's label), C108g1 

Lock, Margaret Binder Cup410bb39 

Lock, W. Binder C155a7 signed 

Locker, E. H. Owner C64dd8 

Lockwood & 

Brainard Co 

Lodron, Antonius, 

Count 

Lokfali of Shiraz (?) Binder Davis653 

Lombaerts Binder C45h4 

Tauch328-329, Tauch381-382 b(2) 

Owner Davis630 (item 343; dated 1574, arms of 

Count Lodron on upper cover) 

Lomenie, Compte de Owner C46d6, C25d1 (L. H. Lomenie), G425 

London County 

Council, Central 

School of Arts & 

Crafts 

see LCC Central School of Arts & Crafts 

Long of Taunton Binder 1502/356, C151f6 (signed J. Long of 

Taunton) 

Longepierres, Baron 

de 

Langueville, 

Viscount, Henry 

Yelverton 

Owner C19f3, Davis471, Davis472 

Owner C11a27, C21a57, C67g12, C45b12, 

502g5, 137f16, 4825c24, G2409, G3323, 

1651/1132 

Loraine of Newcastle Binder C151g1 (signed) 

Lorimer, William, 

Ltd., Glasgow 

Loring & Co., B., 120 

& 122 State Street, 

Boston 



Lorraine-Armagnac 284c32, 33 (arms of Lorraine-Armagnac) 

Lorraine, Duke of, 

Charles Alexander 

Owner C67a4

Lortic see Lortic- 

freres, see Lortic-fils 

Binder C25b3, C25l15, C30a20, C30a21, 

C30a24, C30d37, C30i8, C31b29, 

C31b37, C20d23, C36d13, C35a22, 

C37b9, C37d57, C38b2, C38b11-12, 

C38b14, C38b25, C38b25, C38d18, 

C38f12, C38i9, C38i11, C39a65, C39a66, 

C39c67, C39d69, C39d67, C39d68, 

C39d71, C39f23, C39g1, C39g21, 

C39g22, C40b15, C40b18, C40b19, 

C40b28, C40b47, C40c42, C40d50, 

C45g1, C52b1, C53aa7, C53g7, C56b2, 

C57a14, C57a15, C57aa6, C57d18, 

C58cc20, C62a11, C62a13, C62a15, 

C62aa20, C62b19, C63h29, C71cc1, 

C97g1, C107a3, C107bb16, C69d18, 

C115s5, C125c2 C20d23, C40i28,

C62aa20 (miortic), C62a13, IA40351, 

11405aa10, 11474e38, PC27b8 (signed), 

PC30f6 (signed), PC30f7 (signed), 






PC30d1 (signed), PC30d3 (signed), 

Lortic Fils C40i63, C57aa6, C62aa21, IB21041 

Lortic Freres Binder C53a28, C57k25, C57k26, C132i28 

Loudoun, Earl of Owner C64f5 

Louis XII bindery C19e17 (for Henry Viii), Davis362 

Louis XIII Owner C24b11, C46e16, C46h2, C46l1, C47g15, 

C56f12, C65g2, C66a7, C67b4, C67h9, 

C108k8, G4254 (arms of Louis XIII and 

Anne of Austria), G6685 (initials of 

Louis XIII and Anne of Austria), G7075 

(initials of Louis XIIII and Anne of 

Austria) 

Louis XIV Owner C46d22, C46f2, C46h8, C47c9, C47k10, 

C47h8, C48d8, C66c11, C66c8, C66c11, 

C66c8, C68f6, C69a1, C69c8, C69ee3, 

C69ee10, C128k4, C128k6, C128k5, 

C128h2, 6d10, 53i10 (arms and cypher), 

Davis411, Davis470, Davis469, G340 

(arms), G1295 (arms of the Dauphin 

Louis), G10858 (arms and monogram) 

Louis XV Owner C38d21, C46b27, C46c11, C46d2 (Louis 

the Dauphin, Louis XV's son), C46h1, 

C47a23, C47b3, C47g5, C47k9, 

C65bb18, C68d20, C69dd1 (Louis 

XVI?), C72d4, C128k12, C128k13, Add 

MS61936, 1570/5984, C47d29, C47b4, 

G974 (arms) 

Louis, the Dauphin, 

son of Louis XV 

Owner C48f5, C48b13 (also has his wife's arms), 

C47h11, C69b11, C46d2 

Louis XVI Owner C47a21, C47a18, C47c25, C128k14, 

C47d4 (also has his wife's arms), C46g8 

(also has his wife's arms) 

Louis XVIII (1755- 

1824) 

Owner C97f6-22, C108k12, C130c1, C30d36 

(also has his wife's arms), C68b19 (also 

has his wife's arms), C69g5 (also has his 

wife's arms), C69b10 (also has his wife's 

arms), C47h9 (also has his wife's arms), 

C47e19 (also has his wife's arms),

C47d25 (also has his wife's arms), 

C154f12 (arms) 

Louis of Lorraine Owner C38d21, C46b27, C46c11, C46d2, 

C46h1, C47a23, C47b3, C476g5, C47k9, 

C65bb18, C68d20, C69dd1 (XVI?) Louis 

the Dauphin, Louis C1482V's Son), 

C72d4, C128k12, C128k13, Add MS 

61936, 1570/5984 

Louis of Lorraine Owner C24f9-10 

Louis-Antoine 

d'Artois (b. 1775-d 

1844), eldest son of 

Charles X and Duke 

of Angouleme and 

sometime Dauphin 

Owner C188a4, C150i10 (arms) c183f7 

Louis Philippe Owner C153b9 (arms), C153e5 (monogram), 

C153g10 (initials) 

Louis Philippe 

Joseph, duc 

d'Orleans (1747- 

1793) 

Owner PC16e1 Arms and initials 

Lovejoy, John Binder Davis223 (item 207; c.1812, London), 

C155a8 (attributed to Lovejoy, Ramsden 


Low, J., bookseller 

and bookbinder, No. 

1 Gray's Inn Passage 

Bedford Road 

Low, J[oseph], 43 

Southampton 

Buildings, Chancery 

Lane, London 

Binder 566f30 (label), C150b17 (signed) 


Low, S. Binder C151g2 (signed), Collins 535? 

Lowe, J., 14 Little 

Queen St., Lincoln’s 

Inn Fields, London 

Lubbock of 

Newcastle 


Binder C108s3, C151g3 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C155a9 (signed) 

Lubett, Denise Binder C129m12, C109q3? 

Lucy of Marlborough Binder C188a39 

Ludovicus a Lilius Owner Davis429 

Lunier-Belier of 

Tours 

Luxembourg- 

Montmorency, Duc 

de 

Binder C153k8 (signed), C153k7 (signed) 

Owner C67a16, C68a10

Luxembourg- 

Montmorency 

Duchesse de 

Boufflers 

Owner C67c12 

Luynes Owner J B d'Albert de Luynes see Albert de

Luynes 

Lycett, Edward Binder C108b10 (binder's ticket - Nelson Street, 

City Road), C151g4 (signed) 

Lyon, S. of 

Southampton 

M 

Name Owner or 

Binder 


Shelfmark 

M., C. G8552 (cypher) 

M, C 1487k3 (initials tooled on 16c roll 

featuring King David, St Peter etc) 

M., D. Binder C154g25 (signed) 

M., E. C118d27 (initials tooled on 1600- 

1650 English binding) 

M., E. C118d33 (initials tooled over two 

other tools on English 1600-50 

binding) 

M., E.V. C106e15 (initials blind tooled on 

upper cover, lower cover dated 1566) 

M., F. Owner Davis838 

M.G. de R.R. Binder Collins 213 

M., L. C119dd1 (initials gold tooled on upper 

cover 17th century English binding) 

M., M. Davis98 (item 93; c.1640, London, 

initials M. M. in centre together with 

the royal arms) see the Sombre Binder 

I 

M., M. M. C131ff9 (tooled on upper cover, 

Germany 16th century) 

M., P. C65bb1 (initials gold tooled on 

English 1600-50 binding, initials T. V. 

also on binding), C66d1 (initials gold 

tooled on English 1600-50 binding, 

initials S. H. also on binding) 

M., R. O. Davis612 (item 308; dated 1630, 

possibly made in Holland, spine 

lettered 'ROM 1630') 

MacCance, William Binder C102h11 (+ George Fisher) 

MacCarthy Binder C13d3

MacCarthy-Reagh, 

Count 

MacColl Mathieson, 

Elisabeth 

MacDonald, W. of New 

York 

MacDurnan Gospels 

Binder, Bateman 

bindery 

Macefield, J[ohn], 

26 Myrtle St., 

Hoxton, London 

Owner C38b10 (by Weir), C156i7 (by Weir), 

G9007 (by Weir) 

Binder C108d1(not signed but letter tipped 

in), Davis278 (item 231; dated 1903, 

for Cyrill Davenport, large cartonche 

with 'CD 1902', signed and dated MC 

1903) 

Binder C59g3 (signed), LR31c4 (rebacked by 

British Museum) 

Binder Add MS36705, C80a20, C47l3, 

C132i59, C46i13, C183a18, Add 

MS19889, C46i10, C78i4, C18b13, 

G12228, C21b9, C46k4, C48k4, 

C46l3, C22f20, C48k1, C21e13, 

C78g1, C46i11, C80i5, C24c3, 

C46i13, C21d9, 87h6, 1214k6 (same 

centre piece as C21d9), C18b13, 

C78g1, C21e13, C48k1, C46i11, 

Davis26 (item 48; c.1567, London), 




becomes John Bateman binder: 

Davis92, Davis93 (for Robert Sidney, 

Vicount Lisle) 


Macfarlan, W. Owner C69aa15 

Macnaughten Designer Collins 795 

Mahomet, Janet 

Binder 

C188a120. 

McKelvie of Greenoch Binder C114b38, C130c4, C188b51 

McKelve & Sons of 

Greenoch 

Binder C25e2

MacKenzie, J Binder C20d27, C25a11, C25b1, C25b9, 

C25b21, C25c14, C25d10, C25e24, 

C25e16, C27a19, C27a35, C27c4, 

C28g3, C30d16, C31d1, C32f1, 

C32f15, C40a26, C40d19, C51c2, 

C51d6, C53b13, C55d26, C57i3, 

C108gg17, C117bb23, C122bb4, 

C122c1, C122e4, C123b27, C123e25, 

C30h9 (+ Seton), C33e4, C32f16-18, 

C33a5, C33b22, C33d17, C33g5, 

C33g6, C34h9, C35h16, C37c24, 

C39b28, C39c34, C39c41, C39d55, 

C39e25?, C39e57, C39e61?, 

C51c2(signed) G4342, G5254, 

G1213, G1219, G1577, G2303, 

G3629, C66b8, C108gg17, 

C117bb23, C122bb4, C122c1,

Mackenzie, J., 4 Crown 

St., Westminster 

Binder 

C122e4, C123e25, C31d1, C20e33 

(signed), Huth120 (signed), C66b8 






(signed), G6500 (signed) G6551-8 

(signed), G6561 (signed on cover), 



692a12 (signed), 982h20 (signed), 

1199b1 (signed), 12935bb14 (signed), 

C150b18 (signed), C151g7 (signed), 

Add MS12,024, G7634, G5505 






(signed), G8032, G9965 (signed), 

IB53207 (signed Mackenzie 

Bookbinder to the King). 


Mackenzie, William, of 

Dublin 


McKelvie, J., Greenock Binder Collins 800 

McKenzie of Dublin Binder C155a10 (signed), C151g6 (signed) 

MacKinlay, John Binder G8032, G11795-11811, G11958- 

G11965, G11969-G11977 

MacLehose of Glasgow, 

19th c. Scottish 

MacLiesh, Archibald Binder C183aa12 

Binder C188b37 (signed), Collins 796 a and 

b, Collins 797 

McLeish, C&C Binder C72a5, C108k7, C125e7, Add 

MS54233 

McLeish, Charles Binder C72a5 (signed), C72a13 (signed, + 

Cobden Sanderson), C108k7, 

C108pp1, IA11657 

McManus, Blanche Designer Collins 982 

MacMillan & Co Binder C60i5 

McMasters, Rachel & 

Miller Hunt (RMcMM) 

Binder C108ff1 (1916) 

MacNair Binder G12850-8 (signed), C155a11 (signed) 

MacNiven & Wallace, 

of Edinburgh 

McNamee of 

Cambridge 


Binder Tauch838-40, Tauch2818a (signed, 

plain binding)

McNeill of Ashby de la 

Zouch 

Binder C59f10, C150b19(1) (signed) 

McNish of Dalbeattie Binder C151g8 (signed) 

MacTaggart, James Binder C129a18? 

Mackey, T. B., 5 

Bache’s Row, City 


Madan, William Owner C65k12

Madonna, Maria & 

Nachfloger, Koberger 

Binder 11422k18 

Madruzzo Owner C46a33 (arms) 

Magdalena, Sophia Owner 144g9 (with cyphers of Christian VI 

and Sophia Magdalena) 

Maggs, Bryan Binder C108w5 

Magnant, Isabella Cup407g52 (red morocco label on 

paste down of P. Magnant, The 

French Scholar's Assistant, London, 

1762; bound in gold tooled marbled 

calf) 

Magnier, Ch. Binder C129i1 

Magnus, Albert, of 

Amsterdam 

Binder C65gg7, C23e13, C35l9, Davis717- 

718 (item 309; c.1669, Amsterdam), 

X981/10985 (20th-century imitation 

of Magnus binding) 

Maher, C. W. of Dublin Binder C155a13 (signed) 

Mahomed, Janet Binder C188?, Collins 542 

Magnus of Antwerp Binder C35l9, C65gg7? 

Mahieu, Thomas Owner C132h49, C46i3, C129k17, C19d12 

(Tho Maioli et Amicor), C24c19 (Tho 

Maioli et Amicor), C27f9 (Tho Maioli 

et Amicor), C46i3 (Tho Maioli et 

Amicor), G9138 (Tho Maioli et 

Amicor), Davis403, Davis406, 


Davis409-410, Davis384, C132h49 

(gold tooled calf), G9138 (motto) 

de Mailly Owner C22d7? (arms) 

Maioli see Mahieu 

Mairet of Dijon Binder C153k10 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings, Mairet's printed 

advertisement is inserted), C153k11 

(signed), C153k12 (signed), C153k9 

(signed), C154a4 (signed) 

Maisli's Aesop Binder Binder Davis407, Davis408 

Maitland? Owner C67a14, C67b16 

Maitre Doreur Binder C14c12 

Malcorps, L. Binder C98f23 (signed), C99h30 (signed), 

C100c10 (signed), C183b14, C183aa1 

Malik of Prague Cup410f1047 (signed) 

Malinfant, Jacques Owner C66d3, Davis357, Davis356, 

Davis397

Maltby of Oxford Binder C95i9, C100g51, C100g52, C122b23- 

24, C132g38, C132g53, C132g76, 


Maltese Cross Italian armorial bindings with a 

maltese cross: C46d23, C67c20, 

C68e8, C47g3, C47b8, C18c2, 

C65d17, C68d2, C47f11, C47c19, 

C47c10, C47a16, C47i15, C65g13, 

C106f19, 80i14? 

Mame & Cie, Tours Binder C129i19 (1853, paper binding) 

Mame, A., of Tours Binder Davis581, Davis580, Davis579?, 

Davis578?, Davis577?, Collins 

922 ?, Collins 923, Collins 924, 

Collins 925, Collins 926 (?), 

Collins 927 

Manchester, Duke of 

Montagu 

Owner C67e4, C67h17 

Mandelgreen, S. Binder Davis671 (item 315; c.1750-58, 

Middelburg, probably made by S. 

Mandelgreen) 

Mandre Owner C69a19 

Mandy, Richard, of 

Calcutta 

Binder C151g9 (attributed to Richard Mandy) 

Manley, Lord de see Hon. William Ponsonby 

Mannock see Queens' Binder D 

Mansell Binder C54aa10, C115a3 (successor to 

Hayday), TC6a9 (signed by W. J. 

Mansell), Collins 543 

Mansell (for Golden 

Cockerell Press) 

Mansell, [William], 

[Little Queen St.], 

London 

Mansfelt, The Count 

Binder 

Binder Cup510af31 



Mansfield, Edgar Binder C128f10, C130c6 

Manson & Son of 

Edinburgh 

Mantua, Duke of 

Gouzaga 

Manufacture Generale 

des Apprentis Pauvres 

et Orphelins 

Marais, Godet, 

Archbishop 


Owner C66h6 

Binder C153k3 

Owner C69aa14 

Marbled Sheep Binding 1578/7965 (1778)

Marbling over Print RB23a1178, 452b17, 1578/2954, 

1578/6306, 1507/1548, 956h23, 

460b16 

Marchant, C. Binder 30e8 (signed)

Marchant Binder C153l1 (signed) 

Marefoschi, M., 

Cardinal 

Maria Augusta, wife of 

Carl Philipp von 

Sulzbach, Count 

Palatine 

Maria Josepha of 

Saxony, second wife of 

Louis dauphin, son of 

Louis XV, and mother 

of Louis XVI 

Maria Therese of 

Austria 

Marie Adelaide, 

daughter of Louis XV 

Marie Anne Christine 

Victoire de Baviere, 

wife of Louis, dauphin 

son of Louis XV (1660- 

1690) 

Marie Anne Victori 

(Infanta of Spain) 

Marie Antoinette, wife 

of Louis XVI 

Marie-Caroline, 

Duchess de Berry 

Owner C67c21 

Owner Ib214 (gold tooled arms) 

Owner C47d15, C48c10 


Owner C47b16, C47f6 

Owner C48b13 


Owner C47d4 (includes arms of Marie 

Antoinette and Louis XVI), C48g8 

(includes arms of Marie Antoinette 

and Louis XVI) 

Owner C152i13 

Marie Add MS31,392 (gold tooled on 16th- 

century English binding, along with 

the name Philip) 

Marie Louise de Savoie, 

Comtesse de Provence 

(1753-1810), wife of 

Louis XVIII 

Dudley Coutts 

Marjoribanks 

Marks, J. Binder 59d10 

Owner C30d36 (also includes arms of Louis 

XVIII), C68b19 (also includes arms of 

Louis XVIII), C69g5 (also includes 

arms of Louis XVIII), C69b10 (also 

includes arms of Louis XVIII), C47h9 

(also includes arms of Louis XVIII), 

C47e19 (also includes arms of Louis 

XVIII), C47d25 (also includes arms of 

Louis XVIII) 

Binder see B. Holloway (Davis720) 

Marlborough, Duke of Owner C17a11 (by C. Hering), C21b41, 

4499a17 (arms on cover) 

Marples, Elizabeth Binder C188b69 (signed and dated: Elizabeth 

Marples 1986)

Marshal[l], James, of 

Stockton 


Marshall Owner C25c3? 

Marshall of Aylesbury Binder Collins 160

Marrow Binder RB23a16952 

Marsden, W. A. Binder? Collins 1018 

Martin Binder C153l2 (signed) 

Martin, C., 210 

Consistollah, Calcutta 


Martin of Culcutta Binder Collins 997 

Martin, Pierre Lucien Binder C108eee18 (dated 1962), Davis414 

Martin, T., printer and 

binder 

Binder 1578/4731, 1651/1217? (printed by T. 

Martin 1787) 

Martin, V. Binder C62aa9, C154e17 (Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings, in the 

style of 'Vernis Martin', lacquered 

boards) 

Martin, W. M. Binder C123b13 

Mary C64c1 (name gold tooled on English 

or French 16th-century binding?) 

Mary I (reigned 1553- 

1558) 

Mary II, wife of 

William III 

Mary, Queen, wife of 

George V 

Mary of Modena (wife 

of James II) 

Owner C27e13 (by the King Edward & 

Queen Mary Binder), C64dd11, 

C66d17, C66f2, C24c15, C46c1, 

690f13, C65gg6 (by the King Edward 

& Queen Mary Binder) see King 

Edward & Queen Mary Binders III 

Binder see William & Mary 

Mary, Queen of Scots Owner C15b11 

Owner C109q5 (presentation binding) 

C28e7 (Queen's Binder D?), C64dd11 

Masonic C109b32 (symbols gold tooled on 

English 19th-century binding), 

C45c20 (on English 19th-century 

binding), C46h12 (on English 18th- 

century binding), C155d5 (on English 

18th-century binding), C190e12 (on 


C190e13 (Masonic tooling added to 


C65bb17 (Dutch 18th century), 

YA2000a20076 (English 19th 

century), Music Hirsch III.903 and 

903a (both French 18c) 

Masquillier of Mons Binder C154g21 (signed) 

Masson-Debonnelle Binder C57c29 (signed), C97b8, C97d1, 

C128e4 

Mathieu, Monique 

(20th c., France) 

Binder C188a93

Matteosian, H., 

American Han, 

Stamboul 


Matthaeus, Hieronymus Owner C48k12, C66e9

Matthewman Binder C66e4, C66e9, C48e6?, C48e25?, 

C65c22 (contains signature of Thomas 

Hollis), C67f18, see also Davis 

collection for Thomas Hollis 

Matthews Binder C38i26 (plain binding, 'Matthews' told 

tooled on turn in), C53k33 (ink stamp 

on fly-leaf, W. Matthews Binder), 

C68i16 (William F. Matthews, 1898- 

1977), C144d8 (William F. Matthews, 

1898-1977), C188a2 (William F. 

Matthews, 1898-1977), C188a3 

(William F. Matthews, 1898- 

1977), Collins 1019 

Matthews, George, King 

(father) & Matthews, 

George, Mabbot (son) 

Possibly Paternoster 

Row? Also Home 

Terrace Hackney Wick, 

Middlesex 

Binders Collins 162 

Mauchline Ware 





Maudit Binder C155h9 (signed) 

Maugis, Philippus A. Owner Davis784 

Maupeou Owner C69ee12 

Mauri, C. of Milan Binder C39i18, C154g11(Ramsden 


Maussion of Le Mans Binder C153l3 (attributed to Maussion of Le 

Mans) 

Mawson, Swan & 

Morgan, of 

Newcastle 


Maximilian I Owner Cup410c60(1) 

Maxwell, J., & Son, of 

Dumfries 


Maynard, A. Binder C155h10 (signed), C155h11 (signed) 

Maynard, Ashwin R. Binder C99g41 

Mazarin, Cardinal Owner C47e7, C68d9, C68d17, C68e3, 

14k12, 74k12, G1950 (arms), G3569 

(arms) 

Mazirot, Barbarat Owner C69a13 

McMurray, William, 

Lillypot Lane, London 

EC 

Mearne, Charles (son of 

Samuel Mearne) 


Binder Davis112 (item 111; c.1683, London)

Mearne, Samuel Binder C14e13 (Charles II arms and cypher), 

C22f16 (Charles II's arms and 

cypher), C22f17, C20e22 (Charles II's 

arms and cypher), C21d5 (Charles II's 

arms and monogram), C23e6-7 

(Charles II's arms and cypher), 

C24e13 (Charles II's arms and 

cypher), C48c7 (Charles II's arms and 

cypher), C25i2 (Charles II's arms and 

cypher), C83d2 (Charles I's and 

Charles II's arms), C64f2 (Charles II's 

cypher), C65e11, C74i5, C65e14 (for 

Charles II), C82a7 (for Charles II), 

C109f21 (for Charles II), C109q1 (for 

Charles II), C108a3 (probably 

Mearne), C34g19 (Charles II's 

cypher), C32m5 (Charles II), C65l14

Mecklenburg, Ulrich 

von 

Medici, Carlo, Cardinal Owner C46f4, C47g13 

(Charles II), C79f15 (Charles II), 

C82a7 (Charles II), C83d2 (Charles 

II), C83e6 (Charles II), C83e18 

(Charles II), 7f13 (Charles II), 7h3 

(Charles II), 294k25 (Charles II), 

1912b10 (Charles II), 99l5 (Charles 

II), C170c28 (for Charles II), 7h3, 1b4 

(Charles II), 294k25, 7h1 (James II), 

11g5 (James II), 11g5 (James II), Add 

MS6294, Add MS6291, Egerton 

MS3375, C109p22 (Charles II), 73l6 

(Charles II), 73l7, 83l3, 192f1 

(Charles II's cypher), Davis196 (item 

106; c.1666, London, cypher of King 

Charles II in centre), Davis185 (item 





109; c.1670, London, cypher of 

Charles II and James II as Duke of 

York), Davis111 (item 110; c.1680, 

London) 

4a11 (edges with painted arms of 

Ulrich von Mecklenburg) 

Medallion Binder Binder Add MS35322-23 (c.1550 p.1252), 

Davis86 (item 35; c.1550, London, for 

Edward VI) 

Medici, Catherine de C24e8 (by Claude de Piques), C33m1 

Medici, Francesco 

Maria di Toscana 

Medici, John Gaston de Owner C47b6 

Medici, Leopoldo de Owner C47d27 

Medici, Marie de (wife 

of Henry IV) 

Owner C47e6, Add MS29,476 (arms) 

Owner C22b12, C47k1, C68f8, C69dd10, 

Davis514 

Medici, Popes Owner see under name of Pope, e.g. Leo XI 

Medina Torres, Duke 

de, Guzman 

Meink of Berlin Binder C129i21 

Owner C47d16, C66e18, C67c14, C68h4, 

C68h6, C69aa12 

Meiser, A. Davis686 (item 311; c.1730, Flemish, 

signed 'A Meiser') 

Meister, W. Binder IB1388 (German incunable) 

Meliora Spero motto of A. Gifford; see Gifford 

de Mello Owner C57a17 (Hardy-Mennil), C57c10

Memard Binder C153l4 (signed) 

(Belz-Niedree), C57c18 (Thibaron), 

C57c36 (Niedree), C57e11 (by 

Chambolle-Duru), C57g35 (by 

Tranty-Bayonnet), C57g4 (by 

Chambolle-Duru), C63f3, C20c26, 

C97d13, C20b11, C38h16, C20d2, 

C62aa23, C57c36, c57c11, C38f36, 

C38h18, C20e34, C20e11, C57aa4, 

C192a41 (signed Hardy) 

Menard, A. Binder C20d24 (signed A. Menard), C38c47 

(signed), C62b21 (signed), C62d17 

(signed), C63g13 (signed), C63g24 

(signed), C150m16 (signed) 

Menars, Jean Jacques 

Charron, Marquis of 

Owner see Charron 

Mendoza Binder Davis730, Davis745, Davis763, 

Davis784 and C128b3? (imitators of 

Mendoza Binder) 

Mendoza Owner C28i3? 

Mense, Casper Binder Davis679 (probably for Hans Harrer) 

Mepham, Samuel, of 

Dorchester 


Merault Owner C69ee7 

Mercher Binder C183a35, Cup408u40 (wooden 

boards) 

Mercier, E. Binder Davis555 (for Henry Walters) 

Meriat Binder C153l5 (signed) 

Mertz, F. Binder C153l6 (signed) 

Meslant, France, early 

19th century 

Mesmes, J. J. Owner C48e2 

Mesuil Garnier, Morand 

du 

Mespelbrunn, Julius 

Echter, Bishop of 

Wurzburg 

Binder C108c17, 958c6 (signed Rel p. 

Meslant), C150i11 (Ramsden 


C153l7 (signed), C154a2 (signed), 

C150i12 (signed), C154a1 (signed), 

C154a1* (signed), C153l8 (signed) 

Owner C128a3 

Owner C69a14 

Messier Binder C190e2, C154a3 (signed) 

Mestagh of Ghent Binder C154g22 (signed) 

Metropolitan Industrial 

Reformatory 

Binder C108bbb23

Meudon C66b6 and C65d18 (gold tooled on 

covers of library of Countess of 

Verrue (1670-1736)) 

Meulenhoff & Co of 

Amsterdam 

Meunier, Ch. Binder C108l4 


Tauch1039 (binders' signatures 

printed on spine) 

Meuser, Caspar Binder Davis679 (probably for Hans Harrer), 

see Harrer, Hans 

Meyer, C. Binder G2022, 7b19, 5e5,6, 83k15, 133e1 

(binders' ticket), G19894 (signed), 

C155b1 (signed), C151g10 (signed), 

Egton MS677 (pink binders' ticket) 

Marius, Michel Doreur Binder C20e6 (also by Chambolle-Duru), 

C20e11, C20e14, C20e34, C57e11 

(also by Chambolle-Duru), C57g3 

(also by Chambolle-Duru) 

Marius, Michel Binder C59e17, Davis412, C108tt5 (signed 

Marius Michel et fils). 

Middelburg arms 1509/1789 (gold tooled on vellum, 

1653), 1607/1569 (gold tooled on 

vellum, 18th century), 165l19 (school 

prize, c.1683) 

Middle Temple Owner 123f17 (arms) 

Middleton, Bernard Binder C128f2, C108d39, C160c17, 

Davis284 (item 250; signed and dated 

'BM 1975', commissioned by Henry 

Davis, one copy for H. M. Nixon, one 

for British Library, part of gift), 

C188b43 (21st c.) C188b43, Images 

of Middleton’s work reproduced in 

Collins 1020 

Mijjilee Press, 

Lancaster, USA 

Binder Cup401k14 

Miller of 

Golden Square 


Miller, Fred Binder? ?Collins 1021 

Miller, George of Bryn, 

Shropshire 

Binder Cup407e12 

Miller, J. Binder C151g11 (signed) 

McMasters Miller, 

Rachel 

Milne, A. Binder 1560/2490 

Milne, A., of Forres Binder Collins 801 

see Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller 

Milners' Binder C151g12 (vellum imitation of 

Edwards of Halifax, with binder's 

label), C151g12 (signed)

Minale, Hannibale Owner Davis847 (by the Grimaldi Binder), 

Davis846 

Miniature Books C18a3 (French, 19th century),

600i23(1-68) (in glass fronted box), 

CO a1-g11 (in buckram box), 

528m23(1-104) (in wooden box), 

C17b10(1-61) (in small glass fronted 

box), C121eee3 and C121e3 (in 

buckram box; not to be issued 

withoug special permission), 

C106a24, C109a25(1-4) (with 

matchbox covers), C121e7, C106a28 

(London, 1601, not to be issued 

without special permission), C180b12, 

C19a35, C121ee3, C111a5, C180a6, 

C121e6, C18a36, C18a43, C18a35, 

C18a30, C18a37, C18a38, C18a41, 

C111aa9 (with leather case), C121e2 

(stored in glass fronted box), C121e 

(stored in glass fronted box), C121e1 



(stored in glass fronted box), C121ee1 




(stored in glass fronted box) 

Minotto Family Owner Add MS15,127 (16th-century Italian 

binding) 

Mintorn, J[ohn], of 

Bristol 


Minus, Robert, Sir Owner G19631 (arms?, signature on flyleaf) 

Miralles, H. Binder HS74/331 (La sagrada biblia, 

Barcelona, 1888) 

Miromenil, Hue de Owner C69b9 

Missy, C. de 

Owner 

C67i12 (ownership inscription on 

titlepage) 

Mitchell Binder C151g13 (signed) 

Mitchell, Robert, of 

Belfast 

Moiguon, Guillaume de 

la (1617-1677) 


Owner C48h9, 10f8, Egerton MS627 

Mole, Claude Owner G6323 (arms and initials) 

Mole, Mathieu (1584- 

1656) 

Owner C19a31, C67d18 

Moncey, Therese Binder Davis413 

Monnehay Binder C154a5 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C154a6 (signed) 

Monnier Binder C72a9 (signed), Davis401 (attributed 

to Monnier), Davis559 

Monniot Binder C156k10 (Ramsden Colection of 

signed bindings), C150i13 (signed)

Montague, James, 

Bishop of Bath and 

Wells (1568-1616) 

Owner Davis96 (item 66; c.1612, London, 

with arms of James Montague) 

Montagu, Richard Binder C108g22 (for Thomas Hollis), 77g11, 

G18520 

Montausier, Charles, 

Duke of 

Owner C47b1, C68c16 

Montgommery Owner C56k? 

Montmorency, C. F. C., 

Duc de Luxemboug 

Montmorency- 

Luxembourg, Mari 

Sophie Colbert of 

Seignelay, Duchesse de 

Owner C64aa2 

Owner C69bb16 

Moody, R. Binder C108g17 

Moon, F. G. Binder 11643aa33 (binder's ticket, No. 20 

Threadneedle St.) 

Moore, Edwin, of 

Cambridge 

Moore, R. P. Binder C151g14 (signed) 

32b14, Davis159 (item 171; c.1760, 

Cambridge), Davis160-161 (item 172; 

c.1760, Cambridge) 

Mora Owner C68e8 

More, John (d.1641) or Hussey Owner 539L3, 540e16, 540h18, 541h6, 

783h7, 784d13. 

Moreau, J. Binder C64dd14 (signed) 

Morgan & Scott, 

London 

Publishers 

(and 

binders?) 

Collins 510 

Morley of Ipswich Binder C151g15 

Morely of Oxford Binder C99b30 (signed), C108cc13, 

Cup503cc19, C126a50 (signed), 

Tab1336b1 (signed) C188a164 

Morley Bros. of Oxford Binder Collins 166 

Morocco Binder Binder C170d1?, C24c14, C54f5, C128d12, 

C25h3, C20a24 

Morrell of London Binder C20c16 (plain red morocco, signed), 

C55a24 (1/2 sprinkled calf, marbled 

boards, signed on flyleaf), C55c24 

(signed flyleaf, plain calf), C57c51 

(1/2 sprinkled calf, marbled boards, 

signed flyleaf), C108d27, C115pp8 

(1/2 morocco, cloth boards, signed 

flyleaf), C118d113 (sprinkled calf, 

signed corner tools, signed flyleaf), 

C128d11, C132g35 (plain calf, signed 

corner tool, gold tooled turn in, signed 

flyleaf), C39d39 (signed), 1478dd16 , 

KTC40B3, Collins 546, Collins 547

Morris, Willaim C109c3 (binding designed by Morris), 

C42l12 (binding designed by Morris

and bound at Doves Bindery, 

Kelmscott Chaucer), Add MS37832 

(designed by Morris?), C109aaa17 

(covered in William Morris chinz 

material), Ashley3691 (covered in 

William Morris chinz material) 

Morris, May 11622c15 (publisher's binding, 

designed by Morris) 

Morocco Binder Binder Davis60 (item 45; c.1565, London, 

centre cartouche, rampant lion) 

Morton, J., of Windsor Binder C143c6, C150c1 (signed), C151h1 

(signed) 

Morton, W. K., 

Horncastle & Sleaford 


Moseley, Benjamin Dr Owner see Payne, Roger (Davis192) 

Motet Binder C39e18, C150i14 (signed) 

Mother-of-pearl 

bindings 

Mouillie Binder C150i15 (signed) 

Moule of Oxford Binder C155b2 

Moxam, E. & Co Owner C126c10 

Moya, D. Fran. Cabrera 

y Bovadilla, Marquis de 

Add MS23,970 (17th-century Italian 

binding), C65hh16 


Mudie Binder C38e24, Collins 548, Collins 549, 

Collins 550 

Mullen of Dublin Binder C155b5 (signed; same as George, Geo 

or T. Mullen?) 

Mullen, George 

Binder 

G6304 (ticket), G5152 (plain binding, 

1/4 leather and red paper boards, with 

ticket), G5812 (signed, gold tooled), 

C47e23?, C150c2 (Ramsden 


C151h2 (Ramsden Collection of 



C151h4 (Ramsden Collection of 



C155b3 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C155b4 (Ramsden 



signed bindings), C155b6 (Ramsden 



signed bindings), C156i2 (Ramsden 


Davis312-313 (item 265; c.1816,

Dublin, 'Bound by Geo. Mullen 

Dublin' (ticket)), Davis314 (item 266; 

c.1816, Dublin, 'Bound by Geo. 

Mullen Dublin' (ticket)), G5812 

(signed) 

Mullen, George, Jr. Binder Collins 299 (?) [for Trinity College 

Dublin], ?Collins 300 [for Trinity 

College Dublin], ?Collins 301 [also 

for Trinity College, Dublin] 

Mullen, T. C150c3 (Ramsden Collection of 

signed bindings), C150c4 (Ramsden 



signed bindings, attributed to Mullen), 

C150c4 (signed), C150c3 (signed) 

Muller Binder C37e47, C44a1, C155h12, C155h15 

(signed), C155h13 (attributed to 

Muller), C155h14 (attributed to 

Muller) 

Muller Binder C39c15 (also Hering) 

Munck, I. M. C127bb22 (signed, decorated 

endpapers), C129m10 (signed, 

decorated endpapers, no.23?, 

signature obscured) 

Murray Add MS27,472 (16th-century Scottish 

binding, on upper cover Erle James of 

Murray, on lower to Regent our 

Soveran) 

Murray, Frank of Derby Binder C131a4 

Murray & Stewart of 

Paisley 


Murton, C. C24e20, C25d23, C25e15, C27b43, 

C28e15, C28e17, C29c2, C30d43, 

C21a59, C30m8, C32a11, C33b23, 

C34k8, C36b18, C37a38, C39b3, 

C39b35, C39e44, C40c60, c41e7, 

C45c2, C45c3, C51a6, C60l14, 

C65b15, C95a23, C17b10, C21a59, 

G2914-15 (2 vols), G1493 (signed), 

G11206 (signed), G11211, Huth55, 

C150c5 (Ramsden Collection of 



C151h8 (signed), IB41612 (signed. 

Spine gold tooled). 

Music MS Book C150k3 (unused 6 stave music book 

in mid 19th-century blind blocked 

morocco binding, signed by Peyrol, 

c.1840) 

Musgrave Owner C40e57 (crest)

Musto, Hieronymi de Owner Add MS41,153 (name gold tooled on 

cover of commission from Doge 

Pietro Lando, binding dated 

MDXXXXI) 

Mylrea (Isle of Man) Binder C188a127 

N 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

N., C. R. EG1218 (initials and date 1592 on 

German binding) 

NI(2) Oldham EBSP C69ff8 (used with R05-6 panels, 

Ihesvsmaria) 

N., K. I. EG1182 (initials on 16th-century German 

binding, album owned by Johann Klarner 

dated 1560) 

N., M. C53i14 (MN tooled on 16th-century 

English binding) 

Naples, Archbishop 

of 

Naples, royal arms 61d18 

see Coscia, Niccolo 

Napoleon I C48g10, 182e5, C1807, C109f6, C42g3, 

C108aa24 

Narbonne, 

Archbishop of 

Narracott of 

Torquay 

Owner see Le Goux de la Berchere 

Binder Collins 168 ( ?) 

Nash, Paul C109p14 

Nassau-Ulsingen 

Weilburg 

Owner C69a2 

Nathan, Maude Binder Collins 169 

National Library of 

Wales 

Binder C121c1 

Natuhards Binder C117bb36 

Naval Binder 

(English Restoration) 

Binder C183c6, Eg MS3342, C72b5 (sombre), 

Eg MS862, C72e6 (sombre), Davis70 

(item 122; 1675, London), Davis124 

(item 123; c.1682, London, C108n6 

(imitator of Naval Binder) 

NE QUID NIMIS RB23b2406 (motto and arms gold-tooled, 

imprint: Geneva, 1778) 

Nec Prece nec Pretis Bateman, Viscount 

Neil of Glasgow Binder C54e8, C150c6 (signed) 

Neilson, J[ohn], 45 

Candleriggs, Glasgow 

Binder Collins 802, Collins 803 (listed as at 6 

Candleriggs for this item)

Neisser, Hugo, Rosas 

941, Santiago de 

Chile 


Nellis, J. H., 

Binder Collins 302 RB23b6446 (red leather, gt, 

Ferry Quay St, Derry 

paper laid on) 

Nelson, R., 48 

Buchanan St., 

Glasgow 


Nemours, Duc de see B. Delrieu (C153a6, C153a5) 

Nercam of Bordeaux Binder C154a7 (Ramsden Collection of signed

Nettleton, W. of 

Plymouth 

bindings) 


Neufrille, Charles de Owner Davis453 

Neumann Binder C120b11 

New, [Horatio] Binder Collins 551, Collins 552 

Newcastle, Duke of 

(Henry Fiennes 

Clinton, Earl of 

Lincoln) 

Newman & Son of 

Dublin 

New South Wales 

Public Library 

(Government 

Printing Office 

Bindery) 

Niccolini (Itlay 17th 

century) 

Nilson/Nicols (see 

also Wilson) 

Owner C108i7, LR293d35 

Binder 1570/6244 

Binder C130c12-13 

Nicholas, Elizabeth Owner C69bb15 

Owner C129i12 (arms gold-tooled on upper and 

lower covers) 

Binder Davis705 (for Joseph Bonaparte) 

Nichols of Farnham Binder C151h9 (signed) 

Nicholson, J., of 

Cambridge 

Niedree, E.? (see 

Belz-Niedree) 

Binder 

Collins 170 

Binder C30a23, C30d39, C34h41, C34h41*, 

C34m6, C36b23, C39g23, C40b26, 

C48d3, C48f16, C53c4, C57b11, C57c36 

(for De Mello), C62b25, C107c17, 

C125a2, IA37863 (signed), C127a9 

(signed), C62b25 (signed), 11735bbb5 

(signed), 11737a19 (signed) 

Nisi Dominus Frustra C65hh5 (motto of city of Edinburgh and 

arms) 

Nivernois, Duc de Owner C47a2 

Nixon, H. M. Binder? Collins 1022 

Niromenil, 

Chancelier de France 

Owner C47e22 

Noble of Boston Binder 8610a17 (half-calf and paper boards, 

ticket), 1578/1924 (half-calf and paper 

boards, ticket) 

Noel Binder C150k1 (signed) 

Noir, Le of Lyon Binder C153k1 (signed), C153i7 (signed) 

Noli Altvm Sapere bindings with trade stamp bearing this 

motto; late 15th-, early 16th-century 

English), C108b8, C108c21, 532g9, 

294f29

Nompar de Caumont, 

H. J., Duke de La 

Force (17th century 

France) 

Norley of Oxford Binder C99b30 

Norman, G[eorge], 

6 Kirby Street, 

Hatton Garden 

Norman, W., 

bookbinder to Duke 

of Ormond 

Norman and 

Medcalf 

[Amelia] Norman 

and Duncan, 

6 Kirby Street, 

Hatton Garden 

Norreys, Henry and 

Margeret 

Owner 8050h1(1-4) (arms gold-tooled on covers) 


Binder C142a54 (A discourse of the phrrality of 

worlds. Dublin 1687, printed for William 

Norman Book-binder to this Grace the 

Duke of Ormond) 



Owner Davis31 (item 59; c.1598, upper cover has 

arms of Henry, Lord Norreys of Rycote, 

lower cover has arms of his wife 

Margeret, younger daughter of John, Lord 

Williams of Thame) 

Norreys, Margeret see also Henry and Margeret Norreys; 

and John, Lord Williams of Thame 

Norris, Christopher Binder Daris157 (item 169; c.1751, London, for 

Maurice Johnson) 

Norsdet, P. A. 

Bokbinder I 

Stockholm 

Norstedt, P. H. & 

Soners of Stockholm 

Binder Cup407c23 

Binder C105f8 

North Binder C188a88 

Norton, J. of Bristol Binder C150c7 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) Davis205 (not signed) 

Norvi[n]s, Jean (16th 

century, France) 

Binder Davis321, Davis322, C46h10, Davis323 

(name appears on panel stamps) 

Norwich School C152d4 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings, arms) 

Nostitz, Count of see Wenzel, Christoph 

Nottingham, Howard, 

Earl of 

Owner C33g1, C65c16 

Noyon 11312aaa10 (vellum, blind panel with 

arms) 

Nugent, Francisco Owner C69d8 (and Robert Kearney) 

Nuret, Ad. of 

Chateauroux 

Binder C155h18 (signed), C154a8 (signed) 

Nutt of Cambridge Binder Collins 171, Collins 172, C69dd7 (signed)

Nutt Binder Collins 559 

Nutt, W. Binder C37c3, RB23a15844 (binder's ink stamp, 

19th century), Collins 558 

Nutzbaum Binder C154a9 (signed)

O 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

O, C E M C115n10 (16th century, Italian CE MO) 

O, I Owner 1477cc34 the letters I O tooled in blind on 

calf binding 

d'Oignies, Gilbert 

Bishop of Tournai 

The Old City Wall 

Bookbinding 

Works, Bath 

Old Royal Library 

Catalogue in 

Manuscript 

Owner C108a22 

Binder Collins 174 (see also W Taylor & Son) 

microfilm at MICa10504; another 

microfilm MICc488 reported missing in 

1991; original at C120h6* 

Oldham, J. B. Owner C188a71 (17th-century English, calf) 

Oliver & Boyd, 

Edinburgh 


Olivier Le Clerc de 

Lesseville 

Cup410c321 

Oliveres Binder C62c20 

Olsen, Ole Binder C188b8 

Oginski Binder C154a10 (signed) 

Ogle & Butler, of 

Eastbourne 


Old City Wall 

(Taylor, W. & Son) 


Omar III C170f10 (jewelled binding on indefinite 

loan, see Stanley Bray) 

Omnis Potestas A 

C20a1 (gold tooled on both covers; E vi R 

Deo 

book?) 

Operative Jewish Binder Collins 560, Collins 561 (address listed 

Converts’ 

as Palestine Place, Bethnal Green, 

Institution, 58 

Bodney Rd, London 

London) 

Orange Prince William-Frederick-George-Louis, 

see William 

Orger & Meryon Binder C151h10 (signed) 

Oriel College Owner C155e5 (arms) 

Orleans, Charles Owner C99k16 

Orleans, Francoise 

Marie de Baurbon 

d'Orleans, Gaston 

Jean brother of 

Louix XIII 

d'Orleans, Louis 

Adelaide, Duchesse 

Owner C48d4 

Owner C47i8, C66k1 

Owner C47f6, C47f7

d'Orleans, Louis 

Philippe, Duc 

d'Orleans, Philippe 

Egalite, Duc 

Charles d'Orleans- 

Valois 

Owner C69e15 

Owner C65f14, C68a6, C69e14 

Owner see Duc d'Angouleme 

Or Nue' C65h1? (technique in gold embroidery, 

silks wound round gold thread)

Orrock of 

Edinburgh 

Binder C38c25 

Orsini Owner Hirsch III.III6 crowned bear emblem on 

binding of Italian book of music, 1700s. 

May belong to Orsini family of Rome. 

Ory Binder C154a11 (signed) 

Osterlin, Anders, 

(metal binding 

Collins lists as 

manufactured by 

PLM AB 

Platmanufaktur) 

Otton, John, 

10 Old Market 

Street, Bristol 



Ottman Binder C154a12 (signed), C154a13 (signed) 

Ottoboni, Cardinal, 

later Pope 

Alexander III, 17th 

century, Italy 

Owner Add MS16150-3 (arms), 

Owen Binder Davis115 (item 115; c.1672, London) 

Oxford Bindery 

(Oxford Binding 

House, London) 

‘Oxford 

Binding’ 

Oxford oval 

centrepiece 

Binder C36b29 (signed), Collins 184 





C188a99 (late 16th c., see Pearson xxii, 

57a), see also rubbings boxes 

Oxford University Owner C7d12, C21e5, 2b2, 2b3 (by L Cordeval), 

2b4, 2b5, 37g16, 56h5, 65e14, 87g1, 

193a10, G10062 (arms) 

Oxford University 

Press, Bibliotheks- 

und Geschenkwerke 

in Leinen- und 

Ledereinbanden aus 

dem Oxforder 

Universitats-Verlag 

P 

Name Owner or 

Binder 


Shelfmark

P. Davis47 (item 89; c.1639, red label with 

initial P on second compartment), Davis169 

(item 181; c.1780/last quarter of 18th 

century) 

P with coronet 

over it 

Duke of Portland; IB20840 (is this 40 or 

90?), C67h11 (an 18th-century Italian 

binding) 

P., A. see binder Alice Pattinson 

P., B. Egerton MS1178 (initials on blind roll: 

Justice, Prudence etc.; German binding) 

P., B Owner? IB.214 Initials gold tooled on spine, 

stands for Bibl. Palatina (ie Palatine 

Library) 

P., C. G3272 (C. Powell) 

P., D. C65b13 (D gold tooled on upper cover, P 

gold tooled on lower cover on binding of 

The whole books of Davids Pslames, 

London 1612) 

P., E. V. B. Binder Cup504e32 (binder's stamp: E.P, V.B-1- 

1933) 

P., F. see binder Florence Paget 

P., G. 222a19 (G P panel of Trinity, c.1535)

P., I. C128f7 (initials gold tooled on English 

1600-50 binding), Davis600 (item 295; 

c.1530, Louvain initials I P connected by a 

lovers knot), Davis601 (item 302; c.1550, 

Louvain, four variants of spes panel, two 

signed I P, one with and one without word 

"charitas" and two signed I B, also one with 

and one without word "charitas". (Dr S 

Fogelmark of Lund University, Sweden in 

preparing a monograph on this subject.) 

P., I. Binder C188a78 (German pigskin binding on 

Sophokles, Plays, Frankfurt, 1567; with the 

coat of arms of Gorlitz signed I P on the 

upper cover and Melanchthon panel on the 

lower cover) 

P., N. 1213g18 

P., T. C27g14 (initials blind stamped on English 


P., W. C67b20 (initials gold tooled on English 16thcentury 

binding), C66h2 (initials gold tooled 

on English 16th-century binding, not the 

same tools as above), 1578/3797 (W P blind 

tooled on both covers and ownership 

inscription inside dated 1669, 17th-century 

sheep binding) 

Padeloup Binder C128k12, Davis478, Davis479, Davis538, 

Davis533-535?, Davis532?, Davis474? 

Padeloup, A. M. Binder C48b8 

Padeloup le Jeune 

of Paris 

Paderborn, 

Bishop of 

Paduan Basilisk 

Shop 

Page, E. T., 

Bridgwater 

Page, Thos, 172 

North St., 

Brighton 

Paget Family 

(18th century 

England) 

Binder C128c11, C48d4 

Binder IC29929 

see Ferdinand Furstenberg 



Owner 1578/4421, RB23a11246 (arms) 

Paget, Florence Binder Davis237 (item 232; dated 1906, 'A 

Shenderic Press'on upper cover, signed and 

dated F. P. 1906), Davis238 (item 233; dated 

1906, 'A Shenderic Press'on upper cover, 

signed and dated F. P. 1906) 

Pagnant Binder C96c3, C97a10, C97bb29 

Painter, J., of 

Wrexham 

Binder C151h11 (signed)

Palmer, A., of 

Bromsgrove 


Palmer & Howe, 

of Manchester 


Pamfili Owner C69bb22 

Pangiewicz, Piotr Binder Cup410g395 

Pantagato, 

Ottavio 

Papillon de la 

Ferte, D. P. J. 

Owner C19c19 (see T. Kimball Brooker article in 

Bk Coll 1997) 

Owner C64cc8 

Paquet of Lyons Binder C150k2 (signed) 

Parker, J., of 

Grantham 

Parker, Matthew, 

Archbishop of 

Canterbury 

Parker & Son, 

Ipswich 

Parker & Son, 

10 Holland St 

Kensington 

Parkins & Gotto, 

London 

Parliamentary 

Binder A 

Parrot, Gray of 

Easthampton, US 

Parmer Baily, 

Thomas 


Owner C67d14, C24a27, Davis94 (item 55; 1643 

London, decorated with tools from Matthew 

Parker's private bindery, see Lambeth 

Palace), G3423 



Binder Collins 562 (?), Collins 563 (?) 

Binder Davis305 (item 252; c.1745, Dublin) 

Binder Cup410c291 (Makomaki; semi limp vellum 

with gold blocked design on upper cover, 

signed colophon, catalogue says 1985) 

Owner C69dd7 

Parson Binder C150c8 (signed) 

Pasert Br., 

Stuttgart 


Pastor Binder C154h8 (Signed) 

Passevi, Cardinial Owner C108d37 

Paskevich, Count 

of Erivan 

Paterson, Wm. & 

Son, 10 Cullum 

St., London 

see Archduke Karl of Austria 


Pattinson, Alice Binder C108e16, C143d2, Davis276 (item 229; 

signed and dated 'A P 1901') 

Paul, Edward, of 

Southampton 

Binder Collins 196

Pawson & 

Nicholson, 139 

South Seventh 

St., Philadelphia 


Pope Paul IV Owner C64cc13 

Pope Paul V 

(Borghese) 

Owner C66h3, C108k10, Davis876, K9c10 (music) 

Paulin Binder C155h19 (signed) 

Pawson & 

Nicholson 

139 South 

Seventh Street, 

Philadelphia 


Payne, Roger Binder ?C4g5, C8e4, ?C10c14, ?C10c18, C19c17, 

C19c33, C19d5, C19d16, C19e3 (with ms 

note from Payne), ?C19f2, ?C19f8, C21a47, 

C22a57, ?C22a51, C24b28, C47d14,C48l2, 

C37e13, C65c6, C66b1 (with Payne's bill), 

C69f1(with photocopy of ms note and 

Payne's bill), C69e6, C19d11, 

C129b14,C144k8 (with letter from Payne), 

58n5, G7741, G7928/9, G8251, G8354, 

G8495/6, G8629, G8755, G11073, G11110, 

G11537, G1194, G17156, G10511, 

Davis207-209 (item 191; probably 

1790's, London), Davis206 (item 192; 

probably 1790's, London), Davis192 (item 

193; 1795, London, for Dr Benjamin 

Moseley), Davis193 (item 194; 1796, 

London, for Sir Richard Colt Hoare, crest 

included), IA24382, IB17246, IC7832 

(rebacked), C19d11, C25c23?, C70c3? (with 

letter saying binding repaired and lettered by 

Payne), 671a16, 672h7, 674b28, 674f15,

Peacock & 

Mansfield 

Pearce, W. B. 

(actual binding 

by C. Iceton) 

Pearce, W., 3 

Temple St., 

Bristol 

Pearson John 

Christian 

Peart, R. of 

Birmingham 

678b17, 681c15, 682b15, 682b16, 683a1-10, 

683c5, 683h17 (rebacked), 685a10-13, 

685f1, 685f2, 685f3, 686i7, 687b2, G1457, 

G6753 

Binder C151h12 (signed), Collins 566 



Binder C188c34(signed) 


Peasant binding C188a111 

Peck Owner C68k10 

Pecking Crow 

Binder 

Binder Davis335, Davis334, Davis369, Davis333 

Peiresc, Fabri? de Owner 199f11 (monogram of Peiresc, c.1625), 

Davis519 (by Simon Corberan), G6034 

(cypher, small book stamp on titlepage), 

G8411 (cypher) 

Pelicier Binder G467-70 

Pellot, Claude Owner G1777 (arms and bookplate) 

Pelton, 

Tunbridge Wells 


Pender of Dublin Binder C121f1, Cup652a1 (9 vols, signed W. 

Pender) 

Penha Longa, 

Count of 

Owner C129i9, 1478dd18 

Penna, Angelo C188c9 (designed box for Italian textured 

paper binding designed by Raymundo 

Sesma) 

Penny, Henry, 

(Henry Penny's 

metallic 

Memorandum 

Books) 

Add MS38,534 -38,535 

Pepy's Binder Binder C69aa1 ('sombre' binding) 

Pepys, Samuel Owner Davis69 (item 104; c.1665, London) 

Pequignot of 

Besancon 


Percy, Earl of Owner C47f20, C33g27, C68a21, G7907, 61b21

Northumberland 

Percy, Henry, 

Ninth Earl of 

Northumberland 

Perdoux, 18th c, 

France 

Perefixe, 

Hardouin de, 

Archbishop of 

Paris 

Period Binders of 

Bath 

Perkins Owner C71d4 

Owner G7907 (badge), same as above? 

C188a11, RB23a28628 (paper wrapper, no 

408) 

Owner C23a10 

Binder 1570/3820 (a rebind), Cup408tt31 

Perreau Binder C154a14 (signed) 

Perrenot de 

Granvelle, 

Cardinal, 

Archbishop of 

Besancon 


Perruche Binder C154a15 (signed) 

Perryman of 

Windsor 

Perspex Cup407r4 

Perticaroli, A. of 

Rome 

Binder C188a38 (binder's ticket, fore-edge painting) 


Petau, Alexandre Owner 272k30 (monogram of Alexandre Petau; 

Olivier pl. 2290) 

Petau, P. Owner 136c9-11 (arms) 

Peterhouse Owner C155c11(arms) 

Petit, Auguste Binder C60l4 (dorure de Wamflug) 

Petit, R. Binder C31m8, C59aa1, C33a28, C35c1, C35i6, 

C35l2, C40d58, C71cc2, C113f2 

Petit, Successeur 

de Simier 

Petre, William Owner C67b20 

Binder C30e14, C31h7, C57c28, C59aa1, C115m34, 

C130b1, C134b8, Davis584, 720b35, 

11712aaa10 

Peyrol C150Kk3 (an unused six-stave music ms 

book in a mid-19th century blind blocked 

morocco binding, signed by Peyrol, c.1840) 

Pfeiffer Binder C155h21 (signed) 

Pfaffstetter, G., 

Laudongasse 10, 

Vienna 

Pflug & Ebelen 

Binder 


Binder C183a37, Davis795

Phe[..], T. [could 

be Phelp – 

certainly there is a 

Phelp in the area 

listed as 

‘bookseller’ at the 

right time] 

78 Fore Street, 


Dock [Plymouth] 

Phelypeaux Owner C68e9, C68e2 

Philanthropic Owner C151h14 (ticket)

Manufactory, St. 

George's Fields 

Philip Add MS31,392 (gold tooled on 16th-century 

English binding, along with the name Marie) 

Philip, J. of 

Aberdeen 

Philip, John of 

Aberdeen 

Philip II of Spain Owner C48d6 

Binder C188a69 (is this the John Philip Aberdeen, 

see C151h15?), C188a34, Collins 807 

Binder C151h15(1) (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings, attributed to John Philip) (Is this 

also J Philip, Aberdeen C188a34?), C188a69 

Pickering, W. Owner C20e15, C47l17, C68f5, C108e10, Davis505 

Philip IV of Spain Owner Egerton MS325 (17th-century arms on 

binding) 

Philip V of Spain Owner C66b5, C67c11 (Elizabeth Farnese, wife of 

Philip V), C47d24, C69dd3 

Philippe William, 

Prince of Orange 

Phillipson & 

Golder of Chester 

Photographs, 

Bindings with 

Photos 

Piale, 

Maximiillen of 

Rome 

Picken, William 

of Davenport 

Owner C47f8 


C128k10 (has calotype Hill & Adamson, 

1845, green goat, silver clasps) 


Binder C155b8 

Pickering, B. M. Binder C122g3, C150c9 (signed) 

Pickering, Sir 

William 

Picques, Claude 

de 


Binder Davis350, 108eee14 (attributed to Claude de 

Picques), C20c15, C66d3, C132i57, C20b20, 

C24e8, C46c14, C48c2, C19f20 (probably 

Claude de Picques) 

Pierced Vellum C46f5 (Flemish/Netherlandish, 16th century, 

is it pierced?, see also English) 

Pierson? ?C57e22 

Pignatelli Owner G16867,8? 

Pikentscher, H. of 

Leipzig 

Pilgrim, Garrett 

(G. P.) 

Binder C96b4 (1922) 

Binder Davis10 (item 27; c.1535, Oxford, signed 

G.P. stationer and bookbinder, probably 

came from the Netherlands)

Pillone Library Binder? Collins 1025 

Pincott, W., 

Sydney 


Pindar, William Binder ?C108f10 

Piper, John Designer Collins 567 

of 


Pipping, B. Binder C130bb19 

Piques, Claude Binder C20b20, C24e8 (for Catherine de Medici), 

C46h11 (for Henry II), C46i12 (for Grolier), 

C27e14, C66b7 (for Charles IX), C66d15 

(for Grolier), C132i57, ?C130e4, ?C183b9, 

C24c19, Davis385, Davis381-383, 

Davis396, Davis354-355, Davis353, 

Davis380, Davis394, Davis379, Davis352, 

Davis378, Davis351, Davis375-377, 

Davis374, Davis350, G10290 

Pitfield Owner C66f21 

Pitois, M. Owner 50c15 (M. Pitois gold tooled on upper and 

lower covers) 

Piton of Strasburg Binder C154a16 (signed) 

Pius IV (Medici), 

Pope 

Owner C29f6 

Pius V, Pope Owner C46f3, C48g6, C69aa9, C42d3 

Pius VI (Braschi), 

Pope 

Placious, Abbot Owner Davis643 

Owner C47i7, C48k2, C64d6, C66f13, C67c3, 

C129i3, 753d14, G164 (arms), G3015 


Planche, Jean de Binder C108aaa3, C23e10 (for Queen Elizabeth), 

C18c18 (for Queen Elizabeth), C18b11 (for 

Queen Elizabeth), 675f16, C108ff19, 

Davis25 (item 46; c.1567, London, centre- 

crowned rampant lion, possibly arms of Sir 

Rowland Heywarde), Davis90 (item 47; 

c.1575, London, medallion portrait of Queen 

Elizabeth and her initials on upper cover, 

lower cover Tudor royal arms) 

Plancques, 

Bethune de 

Owner see Bethune de Plancques 

Plant, [Robert 

Fisher], of 

Leicester 


Plantin Binder C108bb38, C46a23, C47i4, Add MS23,895 

Plaster of Paris see Bois Durci 

Plymouth, Earls 

of 

Owner Windsor; C67g1

Pocket Book 


Poerier, A., Sieur Owner G4260 (arms) 

Add MS41,952 (18th century, England), Add 

MS30,214 (18th century, England), Add 

MS30,219 (18th century, England), Add 

MS38,534-5 (19th century, England, Henry 

Penny), Add MS46,273 (18th century, 

England, with brass clasp)

D'Aufreville 

Poitiers, Diane de Owner Davis502 

Polworth, John Binder (binder to George III), IB19543c? 

Pompadour, 

Madame de 

Owner C48c13, C48e11, C65b5, C65e17, G17368, 

674k15, C47c23, G10129 

Ponge Binder C154a17 (Ramsden Collection of signed 



Ponsonby, 

William Hon. 

(afterwards Lord 

de Mamey) 

Pontcarre, Camus 

de 

Poole & Boult of 

Chester 

Poole and 

Harding of 

Camawen 

Poole and 

Harding of 

Chester 

Portail, Antoine 

IV, Seigneur de 

Vavdrevil (1674- 

1736) 

Portbury, George 

of Exon/Exeter 

18th century 

Owner C65d1 

see B. Dawson & Lewes, C154i11, C154i13 

(arms) 


Binder 108ff9, C151i2 (signed) 

Binder 012612df9 (label in vol 1), RB23a12491 

Owner C29k7? 

Binder C188a43 (binder's ticket) 

Porter, Mr Owner C133g9 

Porter, R. H., 

London 

Porter, W. of 

Yeovil 

Porter, W. of 

Cheltenham 

Portugal, royal 

arms 




C183a27 (Portuguese royal arms stamped on 

covers), C61b1 (Portugese royal arms 

stamped on covers), C108dd10, C47e24, 

C67b2, C183C10, 124g9 

Pot plant RB23a28330 (painting of pot plant on 

vellum wrappers) 

Potter, William & 

Co. of Carnarvon 

Potter & Sons of 

York 


Binder Collins 201

Poulet(t?), John 

Earl 

Poulton, Market 

Sq., Aylesbury 

Pountney, 

Katherine 

C51f6 (gold tooled monogram on binding) 


Binder C108b9

Poutchartrain, 

Comte de, 

Phelypeaux, 

Chancelier of 

France 

Owner C67h1 

Poutrel Binder C154a19 (signed) 

Powdered gold 

binding 

C188a98 (?19th c. French powderred gold 

binding) 

Powell, C. Owner G3272 (arms and initials) 

Powell, Roger Binder C108cc25, C108l5 (1952), C109k2 (1957) 

Power, Annie Binder C.143.d.2, Collins 203 (?) 

(Anastasia) Pralon of Dijon Binder C155i1 (signed) 

Pratt, W. Binder C17a3, C25m11, C27a21, C30d28, C32a36 

(1868), C32b26, C32b27, C32b28 (1873), 

C32b35, C32b36, C32b37, C32b38, C32c10, 

C32c16 (1872), C32e10, C32e22 (1872), 

C2e23 (1872), C32e27 (1872), C32f29 

(1883), C32g15, C32g26 (1875), C32i13 

(1861), C32m16 (1861), C33e9, C34e40, 

C34g4, C33e35 (1876), C34i28, C35c3, 

C36bb4, C36c16 (1859), C36e16, C36f17, 

C37a30, C37b33-36 (1874), C37b52, 

C37c47 (1885), C37e34, C37e39 (1889), 

C37e40, C37f18, C37f26 (1889), C37h4, 

C37h6, C37h10 (for H. Stevens, 1886), 

C38a58 (for Ellis), C38b7 (1871), C38c19 

(1883), C38c20 (1883), C38c21, C38c38 (for 

Ellis), C38e41, C38i14 (for H. Stevens, 

1870), C38i15-17 (1870), C38l4 (1870), 

C39c17, C39c21, C39c33, C40d6, C39d5, 

C40d63, C41h1, C42b13, C52a16, C52aa12, 

C53a11, C53a25, C53aa13, C53c16, 

C53gg15, C53h14, C54b2, C54b3, C54c7, 

C55a14, C55a23, C55c6 (1882/3?), C55c32 

(1883?), C55d7, C55h12, C57aa14, C57b40, 

C57c31, C57e5, C58a35, C59a10, C60f10, 

C63e15, C69e20, C71a35 (1886), C71b41, 

C71d33, C110a19 (1859), C110c2, C111aa4, 

C111aa32, C111f11 (1886), C114c60, 

C116a62, C117a66, C122a25 (1887), 

C122d16, C122d25, C123c7-8, C123c9, 

C123d3, C123d5, C124aaa14 (1886), 

C133b3, C17a3, C21d16 (for H. Stevens, 

1887), C21d4 (1887), IA40066 (signed), 

IA42806 (signed), IA43896 (signed), 

HUTH110 (signed), HUTH121 (signed), 

HUTH130 (signed), 8175aa92 (for H. 

Stevens, 1859), 8175aa93 (for H. Stevens,

1861), 8175b27 (signed), 8176bb15 (for H. 

Stevens, 1884), 8405aa36 (signed), 

11474e19 (signed), PC31f6 (signed) 

Preservado Add MS12,024 (motto on arms on 19th- 

century English binding by J. Mackenzie) 

Prest, William Owner C122d22, G964 (crest), G1338 (crest) 

Prevost, Nicholas Owner C69a12 

Price, J. of Bath Binder C155b9 (signed), C151i4 (signed) 

Price, J., 21 

Chiswell St., 

London 


Price, J., of York Binder Collins 204 

Price, W. of 

Oswestry 

P[rideaux], 

S[arah] 

T[reverbian] 

(1853-1933) 


Binder C108a4, C108a5, C108a6, C108g4, C108g3, 

C143b9 

Prince of Wales Owner C150b12(1) (device) 

Pritchard, John 

Bangor St., 

Carnarvon 

Pritchard, W. of 

Carnarvon 

Prondre, Paulin 

de Guermantes 

(1650-1723) 

Provence, Marie 

Countesse de 

Savoie 

Publishers' 




Owner C30a29 

Owner C47e19, C47h9, C30d36, C68b19 

see Trade Bindings 

Purdy Binder C155b10 (signed) 

Purgold Binder C154b1 (Ramsden Collection of signed 


signed bindings), C150k4,5 (signed), 

C154b2 (Ramsden Collection of signed 

bindings) 

Purgold Binder C40c65, C46e2 (signed), C108aa25 

(Bauzonnet-Purgold), G10140 (signed), 

C155i2 (signed) 

Purgold, [L. G.], 

Rue de Savoye, 

Paris 

Binder Collins 928

Pye, Sybil (d. c. 

1957) 

Pye of Faringdon Owner C67b24 

Binder C108bbb6, C108h4, Davis241 (item 237; 

dated 1916, dedicated to Sybil Pye, signed 

and dated 'MCM.SP. XVI'), Davis279 (item 

238; dated 1926, signed and dated 'MCM.SP. 

XXVI'), Add MS 49598 (rebound in 1925 by 

Sybil Pye)

Q 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Quarr Abbey 

bindery 

Shelfmark 


Queens' Binder A Binder Davis197-198 (item 117, 1674, London, 

Cross of St George within the Garter at the 

centre), Davis117 (item 118, c.1675, 

London), Davis187-188 (item 119, c.1678, 

London), Davis189 (item 120, c.1686, 

London, crest of Henry Hyde, Second Earl 

of Claredon (1639-1709)), C7d15, 128h10, 

1Tab16, 1Tab17, Stowe MS 562, 195f4, 

212g6 

Queens' Binder B Binder C184f18, C65e9, C183a29 

Queens' Binder C Binder 6e3, 67e9, 50h12, 58f22, C28e7 

Queens' Binder D Binder C28e7 (for Mary d'Este, Duchess of York, 

wife JZ), 67e9, 50h12, Davis113 (item 

112, London, c.1670-85), Davis186 (item 

113, c.1674, London arms of Mannock in 

centre) 

Queen Elizabeth 

of England 

Queensberry, 

William Douglas, 

Duke of 

Quintanilla, Luis 

of Spain 

Quinton J & W of 

Norwich 

Quinton, George, 

37 Pottergate 

Street, Norwich 

R 


Owner C67a19, ?G5313, G6533 (crest and 

initials) 

Binder C109k6 

Binder RB23a15708 (binder's ticket) 


Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark

R. Binder C106e12 (initials on blind roll of 

foliage and heads in medallions, 

Erasmus etc.) 

R., C. Davis103 (item 99; c.1649 London; 

crowned initials C. R. in centre), C46i1 

(cypher; this may be Charles I or 

Charlotte, wife of George III; pink 

gold-tooled velvet)

R., C.? 58d23 (on Hogrewe, Answeisung 

zu…, Hanover, 1785), crowned 

monogram 

R., E. Davis29 (item 56; c.1580-1600, 

possibly London; crowned falcon and 

initials E. R. does not denote royal 

ownership, several versions of this tool 

exist and one, not identical with that on 

Davis29, was used by Williamson of 

Eton), Davis34 (item 63; c.1603, 

London; embroidered with initials E R) 

RFL Binder? Collins 987 

R., G. 3433de21 (on top left corner of panel 

of Fortuna) 

R., I. Davis9 (c.1525, London; signed I. R.; 

see John Reynes; see also Rychaert, 

Jan, Davis684) 

Radnor, Helen Matilda, 

Countess of 

Owner Salisbury, binder 

Ramage of London Binder C38c50, C53h13, C58c3, C71b39, 

C98g6, C104i1, C108s11, C118d98, 

C130b10, Huth59 (signed), Huth91 




(signed), C150c11 (signed), 

Cup503p27 (signed; location not 

specified), Collins 573 

[John] Ramage [& Co.,] 

See Collins’ notes in 

‘Particular Bindings’ on 

item 570 

Binder ?Collins 570, Collins 571, Collins 


Ramage of Edinburgh Binder C111c5 

Ramsden of Halifax arms as head of family, but without red 

baronet's badge, and inscutheon (?of 

pretence?) or, bend gules charged with 

3 roses 

Ranzovius, Henricus 

(Governor of Sleswick- 

Holstein,16th century) 

Raparlier, P. R. Binder C107a14 

Raspani of Ravenna Owner C65d17 

Ratcliffe Owner ?C38c61 

Owner C183aa10 (1590 stamped on binding) 

Ratcliffe of Faversham Binder C151i7 (signed) 

Ravescot, Ludovicus of 

Louvain (late 15th 

century) 

Binder IA 49142, IB3480, Davis716 (item 287; 

c.1493 

Louvain), IC21425

Rawdon, Marmaduke 

(1610-1669) 

Owner arms on 17c binding 

Reader of Cranbrook, 577d25 (rebound, but binder's ticket

probably S. Reader retained) 

Rebus Add MS17451 (features binding stamp 

with rebus of Abbot Richard Whiting 

of Glastonbury, 16th century) 

Reckius, Joannes Owner Davis631 (item 346; dated 1582, 

Wittenberg; upper cover portrait of 

Charles V; engraver's monogram M. 

V. above panel; initials I. R. G.; 

portrait of Johann Friedrich I, Elector 

of Saxony, same engraver) 

Redgrave, Frances Owner 1568/979 

Redgrave, Gilbert Binder C183a23 

Refsum, H.M., of Oslo Binder Collins 898, Collins 899 

Reid, A., Sons & Co., 

Akenside Hill and 12 

Collingwood St. 

Newcastle 

Rehbein, Ernst of 

Darmstadt 


Binder C98c4 

Relf Brothers Binder C188a147, 

Relfe Brothers, London Binder Collins 574 (?), Collins 575 (?), 

Collins 576 (?), Collins 577 (?), 

La Reliure d'Art du 

Centre de Limoges 

Collins 578 (?), Collins 579 (?) 

Binder Cup410b6 

Remnant, F. of London Binder C129b19 (for S.P.C.K.), C151i8 

(signed), Collins 580, Collins 581 

Remnant & Edmonds of 

London 

Remnant, F., 9 Lovell’s 

Court, 

Paternoster Row, 

London (the same as 

above?) 

Remnant & Sons (the 

same as above?) 

Binder C72e2, C109aa16, C109d13, C131d27, 

C131d8, C109b2, C109f2, C109f4, 

C134e24, C45d26, C113c8 (with 

ticket), 7560e67, RB23a12931 (with 

ticket), RB23a15511 (ticket says 

Edmonds & Remnant, London), 

C155b11 (signed), RB8a20 (stamped 

in the design), C193a39 (cathedral 

binding), Collins 451, Collins 452, 


589, Collins 590, Collins 591, 

Collins 592, Collins 593, 3051c8 


Collins 585 


Remploy Ltd Binder? Collins 1026 

Renouard Owner Davis570 (by Bisiaux) 

Renwick, Wm., 

Jedburgh 

Binder Collins 808

Repos Binder C154b3 (signed) 

Reuter, Thomas, of 

Wittenberg 

Binder ?C188b35, C188a87 

Revoli Owner G4484 (arms?) 

Reynard (fils) Binder C155i3 (part of Charles Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings, 1837) 

Reymann of Wampflug Binder C116e15 

Reynes, John Binder C65c10 (Oldham panels Rel 5, 

Redemptor mundi), C107e45 (Baptism 

and St George Panels BIB17 and ST9), 

C69b8 (Baptism and St George Panels 

BIB17 and ST9), C66d18 (Baptism 

and St George Panels BIB17 and ST9), 

C66d13 (Baptism and St George 

Panels BIB17 and ST9), C11c17

Reynie, Nicholas de la Owner C67b3 

(Baptism and St George Panels BIB17 

and ST9), C47g2 (Oldham panels 

HE21 and Rel 5), C36b15, C64cc5, 

C46c6, C64c6, C64cc5, IC7454 

(Oldham plate XXVIII no 437, 

pineapple tool and PL LVI FF(I)956 

Adam and Eve, St. Barbara roll), 

?C65c10, ?G1216, Davis8 (item 16; 

c.1520, London), Davis9 (item 17; 

c.1525, London, signed I. R.), Davis11 

(item 18, c.1535), Davis12 (item 19; 

c.1537) 

Riach, P. Binder C37a23, (1884) C38c18 (1883) 

C40b41 (1884), C55h17 (1884), 

C110f2-21 (1883), C110f23-28 (1883), 

C110f30-31 (1883), C110f34 (1883), 

8175aaa1, 8176a51 

Ribolet Binder C154b4 (signed) 

Richards Binder C108ff3, C108ff4 

Richards, H. Binder C151i9 (signed) 

Richards, H., & Sons, 

Manchester 

Richardson, W., of 

Bristol 

Richardson and 

Handford, Derby 



Binder C183c1 

Riche, Le Owner Davis512, c27i3 has Le Riche’s 

signature on title page 

Richeler C47d22 

Richelieu, Duc de, 

L.T.A du Plessis de 

Wignerct 

Owner C67a7, C69a9, C69e5 

Richelieu, Cardinal Owner C47g17, C70bb6, C67a7, C69a9 

Richenbach Binder IC37042 (dated 1475, German 

pigskin), Add MS11958; Richenbach 

letters his name on the bindings in 

huge letters as part of the design 

Richetts, Charles Binder C108g11, ?C108g12 (+ Charles 

Holmes (HR)), ?C108g13, C109b5, 

C175n10 (white pigskin), C109c6, 

C99f27 (decorated paper designed by 

C. R.), Davis274 (see Riviere and Son 

cont (7)) 

Richmond, [George] & 

Son, 3 McLean’s 

Buildings, New St. Sq., 

London EC 

Binder Collins 594

Ridge, S of Grantham Binder IB21058 (signed) 

Ridge, S. & I. of 

Newmarket 


Rigby, London Binder Collins 595 

Riget Binder C154b5 (signed) 

Rignac Owner C67c15

Riley, B., & Co., 

Huddersfield 


Riley, Charles Binder C34k18, C34k37, G2362, Davis177 

(item 200; c.1801, London, ticket, 

bound by Riley) 

Riley, Dominic Binder C188b42 

Ripamont, P. Binder Davis834 

Ris, Jancon de Owner C69b1 

Riss & Saucet of 

Moscow 

Ritchie, A., & Co., 

Edinburgh 



Rivage Binder C150k6 (part of Charles Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C150k7 

(signed), C155i4 (signed), ?C154b6 

(signed) 

Riverside Press Bindery Binder C108eee3 

Riviere, R. Binder C18b5, C21d3, C25g14, C18c6, 

C30d5, C30e21, C30e22, C30e23, 

C30e25, C30e26, C30e28, C30e31, 

C30e33, C30f5, C31a16, C31b12, 

C31b13, C31b17, C31c48, C31f1, 

C31g8, C31h43, C32d11, C32d12, 

C33a47, C33b56, C33b57, C33d14, 

C33d18, C34f28, C34l5, C34l22, 

C35a8, C35a11 (identical with C35a8), 

C35b5, C35b6 (identical binding not 

signed), C35d8, C36b25, C37a55, 

C38a20-23, C38a24, C38a49, C38c41, 

C38c59, C39a35, C39c58, C39f27, 

C39h8, C39k15, C40a18, C40l11-16, 

C41f8, C44h4, C45a21, C45a23, 

C45g20, C45k4, C52a23-24, C52aa13, 

C52f19, C53h20, C53c39, ?C55d11, 

C56b5, C56e1, C57a33, C57d10, 

C57g31, C57i34, C57i36, C58bb1, 

C59fff16, C59g29 (plain), C68g1, 

C71a15, C71b17, C71c25, C71f2, 

C71d7, C97c20, C111aa5, C111b12, 

?C111c11, C111d8, C116b22, 

C122a24, C122g4, C123a2, C123a3, 

C123a4, C123c13, C123k2,C125a18, 

C126k6, C130a4, C21d3, C21d21, 

C39c58, C45c30, C31d24, C127a15, 

C31f1, C51c9, C22b21, C52a23-4, 

C52h13, C53aa30, ?C53aa36, C57a33, 

C57aa3, C57aa36, C37aa13, C57f3, 

C59b38, C60o14, C64dd15, ?C69a11, 

C107d9, C107d10, C108e17, C108h2, 

C108n2, C109aaa13, C111d14, 

C115tt21, C125c6, C130a4,

C190aaa31, IB19591, IB52515, 

Huth40, Huth105, 527i35, 527i36, 

595d38, 4866b43, 11375a9, Add 

MS17,013, Add MS17,009, Egerton 

MS2605, RB23b2409 (tree-calf, gold- 

tooled spine, signed), C194a418 (gold 

tooled blue goat slipcase signed 

Riviere; publishers binding designed 

by Rossetti), Collins 601 

Riviere & Son Binder C20b30, C45c30, C48f19, C51c9, 

C52aa17, C52b21, C52h13, C53a22, 

C53aa30, C21d21, C31d24, C31b12, 

C31b17, C38c59, C40f12, C53aa36, 

C53c39, C53h29, C53h33, C53h35, 

C53i20, C53k23, C54a10, C54aa16, 

C55a21, C55b10, C55c16, C55c37, 

C55d5, C56d32, C57a33, C57aa3, 

C57aa13, C57aa34, C57aa36, C57b39, 

C57c9, C57e55, C57f3, C57i34, 

C57i36, C57l18, C58aa10, C58b17, 

C58d9, C58e26, C59b38, C59c25, 

C59g29, C60i24, C60k1, C60o14, 

C61b19, C62a31, C62d6, C64dd15, 

C70a14, C70aa28, C71b15, C71c7, 

C71d31, C71ff2, C71ff3, C71h10, 

C95a1, C95a15, C95a20, C95aa2, 

C95aa3, C95aa4, C95aa13, C96g2, 

C97bb3, C97c20, C97g14, C97f6/33, 

C97f6/34, C97f6/66, C107d10, 

C108c17 ("Cosway" binding), 

C108e17, C108e19, ?C108g12, 

C108g13, C108h2, C108m2, C108n2, 

C109aaa13, C110a33, C111d14, 

C111e12, C115m5, C115m18 (4 vols), 

C115pp2, C115pp9, C115s16,

C115tt2, C115tt13, C115tt14, 

C115tt19, C115tt21, C115tt25, 

C115tt31, C117bb35, C122a32, 

C122c20, C122d5, C122e7, C122e9, 

C123b14, C123b31, C125c6, 

C131b19, C131f1, IB52512, IA21400, 

Huth54, Huth68, Huth89, Huth106, 

Huth109, Huth116, Huth117, Huth119, 

Huth132, 3936aaa27, Davis274 (item 

228; c.1897, designed by Charles 

Ricketts, made by Riviere & Son 

(stamp); Ricketts designed woodcuts 

and supervised printing as well as 

binding design), Cup408d39, 

Cup401c19, Cup403h39, Ashley85, 


Riviere of London Binder C154b7 (signed, same as Riviere & 

Sons [514]?), Collins 596, Collins 


Rivingtons London Binder Collins 603, Collins 604, Collins 

605, Collins 606 (?) 

Roach of Plymoth Binder C151k1 (signed) 

Roberts, I. of 

Chesterfield 

Roberts, R. of 

Machynlleth 

Robertson, J. of 

Canterbury 

Robinson, Ivor of 

Oxford 

Robinson, J[ohn], of 

Whitehaven 

Robinson & Ellis of 

Manchester, 19th 

century 





Binder C108m6 (1960), C108w6 (1968) 


Binder C155b12 (part of the Charles Ramsden 


Robiquet of London Binder C108ppp4 (for H. Walpole) 

Robyns Binder C156h8 (signed) 

Roche, E., Rose 

Cottage, Chillenden, 

Canterbury (?) 

Rochechouart, L. de, 

Duc de Mortemart 

Rockingham, Earl of 

Watson 

Rockliffe & Son of 

Liverpool 

Binder 

(?) 

Collins 213: unclear who the binder is 


Owner C64a6 


Rodford of Hull Binder C150c12 (signed) 

Rodwell, I. Binder C21a19, C25g10, G1201, G1202, 

G10203 (ticket)

Rodwell, J. Binder G4078, G1237(check shelf mark), 

C151k5 (signed), C155b15 (signed J. 

Rodwell of Oxford (969)), C155b14 

(signed) 

Roermond, Carthusian Owner C51g6 (blind-tooled calf)

Monastry at 

Roffet, E. Binder C19f24, Davis367 (for Francois I), 

Davis327 

Rofrano, Marquis de 

Girolano Capece 

Owner 

Rogelio of Madrid Binder C119h1 

Roham, J. de, Prince de 

Soubise 

Owner G4423 (devices) 

Romanesque bindings Davis386, Add Ms 24076, 10924, 

24959, Eg ms 272, Eg ms 2900, Add 

Rondeam Binder C155i5 (signed) 

Rondini Owner G4214 (arms of Rondini?) 

Rood & Hunt Binder Binder IB55317A (Oxford 1482), IA39102 

Roos, Peter Owner C46e29 

Root Binder C37f34, C38a53, C40e81 (Root & 

Son), C118a15 (Root & Son), 

1479bb15 (Root & Son) 

Roques, Alph., 64 New 

Bond St., London 

Rosa 19th century 

France 


Rosenzweig, F., Beirut Binder Collins 955 

Binder C154b8 (part of Charles Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C154b9 

(signed), C156k11, C150k8 (signed) 

Rosicrusii et Amicorum Binder C151f3 (on the cover of C. Lewis 

binding presented to T. F. Dibdin) 

Rospigliosi, Cardinal Owner C20d17, C67a20, C108h12, Davis824 

Rospigliosi Bindery Binder C68d11, C67k1, C67a20, C128d4, 

C47l7, Davis853, Davis853 

Ross, F Binder Collins 214 (a/b/c) 

Rossetti C194a418 (publishers binding 

designed by Rossetti, inside gold 

tooled blue goatskin slipcase signed 

Riviere) 

Rossum, A. van, 

Vijzelstraat No 23, 19th 

century 

Rotherhithe Shipwrights 

Company 

Rothesay, Lord Stuart 

de 

Binder C188a13 (with binder's label and coat 

of arms of Prince William of Orange) 

Owner 1560/4410 (1707) 

Owner C20c29, C46b19, C25e30, C32a15, 

C59ff25, C62c12, C62g7, C63e6, 

C63l12, C63l26, C33d22, C64cc1, 

C64dd6, C64dd9, C64f8, C65a24, 

C69a3, C69a15, C69b2-3, C69bb13, 

C69e17, C69e19, C69h3, C108aa4, 

C108aa22, C108ppp2, C133dd3, 

10804a9; motto Avits vivet honore 

1570/6197, C107bb57

Rottman, Markus, 

Buchbinderei Berlin 

Binder Cup410c61

Rouge, Guillaume le Owner Davis318 [or by?] 

Rouille Owner C69dd9 

Rousselle, Emile Binder C62aa19, IB52818 (signed) 

Rousset, J. of Paris Binder ?C106c6 

Rowbotham, J., 

19 Newman Street, 

Oxford St., London 

Rowbotham, J., 

70 Castle St. East, 

Oxford St., London (the 

same as above?) 





Collins 616 

Rowe Owner ?5f6 (arms), 5f7 (Rowe of Norton 

Place in Sussex) 

Rowledge, Tracey Binder C188b50 

Roxas, Diepo de Owner C64f2 

Roxburgh, Duke of Owner C1b17, C2b13, C3a19, C5b10, 

C12e20, C20f7-10, C20b38, IA55267, 

C39d63, C39e19, C39e62, C40c2, 

C40c31, C40d38, C27c3, C30m7, 

C56d23, C57b41, C57e2, C67c2, 

C71ff4, C132i1-2, C132i35, C132i38- 

46 (Duke of Devonshire), C30e62, 

G3562 (arms), G5527 (arms), G5999 

(arms), G6272 (arms), G7061 (crest) 

Roy, William Z 

(Lancaster, PA, 

America) 

Binder RB23a328 

Royal Bindery Binder C2d5, C2c2, C3e10, ?C4d1, C5e18 

(George III's cypher), ?C5d9, C6e5-6, 

?C6e7, C6e8, C11d6 (George III's 

arms), C21f14 (for Henry VIII) 

Royal Heads Binder 

(English Rrestoration) 

Royal Hospital of 

Seamen of Greenwich 

Rudolf II, Emperor of 

Germany 

Rubio, F. M. 20th 

century Spain 

Binder Harl MS6346, C77i6 

Owner C108e20 

Owner C68a3 

Binder C109q4 

Rue, de la & Co Binder C154i14 (part of Charles Ramsden 


Ruette, Antoine Binder C67e7 (for James II, made up arms?), 

Davis458 (for Louis XIV), ?Davis463, 

?Davis464, ?Davis465 

Ruette, Marce (1598- 

1644) 

Rullongee of Bombay Binder Collins 998 

Ruskin, John Owner ?C41d21 

Binder C183b3, C109e41 (attributed to Marce 

Ruette)

Russell Owner 109aa27 (1827) 

Russell, Alexander, of 

the Barbican 

Russell, A., 14 

Bridgewater Square 

Russell of Chard 19th 

century 

Binder Collins 620, Collins 621 (?) 


Binder 11529bb1 (binder's ticket plus 1841 

catalogue for books sold by Russell of

Chard, printed for Thomas Kelly) 

Russell of Guilford Binder C151k6 (signed, same as 

Russell?[511]) 

Russell & Spencer Binder Collins 622, Collins 623 

Ruot & Son of London Binder C155tt8 

Rutland, John Manners, 

Duke of 

Owner C66e7, C67d7 

Ryckaert, Jan of Ghent Binder C66c9, Davis664 (item 291; c.1511, 

Ghent), Davis684 (item 292, c.1546, 

Ghent; initials I. R. connected by 

lovers knot), Add MS17,717, Add 

MS16952, C66c13 

Rycote, Henry Norreys, 

Lord of 

Ryman, H. J., Ltd., 

London 

S 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Owner see Henry and Margeret Norreys 


Shelfmark 

S Binder S gold tooled with crown andlaurel 

leaves on an 18th-century English 

almanac MS?, C47d14 (William Pettey, 

Earl of Shelburne) 

S., C.C.A. Binder see binder Edwards, Davis211 

S., P.A. Binder see binder P.A. Salvoldem 

S., H. Binder C68g4 (16th century, Germany) 

S., H. Binder C25c21 (initals gold tooled on English 


S., I. IB13806 (initials I.S. blind tooled on 

pigskin binding) 

S., J. Binder Davis672 (item 316, c.1756, probably 

made in Amsterdam, monograms 'J.S.' 

and 'J.A.S.' on inside of clasps) 

S., J. Binder C129f16 (20th century, Czech) 

S., J.A. Binder see J.S. (Davis672) 

S., N. Binder C66c10 (Annunciation, panel stamp 

with legend 'Ecce Ancilla Domini fiat 

michi secund/um verbum tuum' 

Erasmus with NS) 

S., P. Binder C48i3, C47k2, C19c1(prize bindings, 

initials goold tooled on bindings, 

monogram of College du Plessis-

Sorbonne, 17th century, France) 

S., H.S. Binder 12923ee11 (pigskin, imprinted Paris 

1566, signed 'SHS') 

S., D.M. Binder see Dorothy M Smith 

S., C.P. Binder see C Philip Smith 

S., T. Binder C27f8 (initals gold tooled on English 


S., W.H. Binder Add MS54236 (imitation 'gothic' 

binding on 20th-century ?English 

binding), Add MS54239 

Sacheverell, Anne (of 

New Hall and Callow) 

Saint-Aignan, Duke 

of, Paul de Beau- 

Villiers 

St Leger, from the 

Library of 

Binder Davis211 (item 187, arms) 

Owner C47h7, C68a22 

St Victor lB21208 

Sainte Hilaire, 

Marquis de 

Sainte Maune, 

Charles, Duc de 

Montausier 

Owner IB2955, IC891 (both have blind 

stamped bindings) 

Owner see Bon, L.G., Marquis de Sainte 

Hilaire 


Saint-Victor, Paris Owner IA41891, IA40669 (arms of Abbey of 

St Victor, abbey suppressed in French 

Revolution, these are different stamps, 

17th-century ?French bindings), 

IB21208 (France, 18th c., green vellum 

with arms of St Victor, Paris) 

Sale, Rachel Ward Binder Taylor 12 

Salel Binder C154c1 (signed) 

Slater, J. (Dartmouth) Binder C109aaa12 

Salvatella 19th 

century, Spain, 

Barcelona 

Binder HS74/340 (Dumas, La dama de las 

camelias) 

Salvioni Binder C154g12 (attributed to Salvioni) 

Salvoldelli, P.A. Binder Davis277 (item 230, Hampstead 

binding, 1902, signed 'The Hamp. 

Bindery'and 'PAS') 

Samblanx, Ch. de, 93 

Rue Ducale, Bruxelles, 

20th century 

Binder C184a20 (gold tooling on white 

vellum), IA39383 (signed) 

Samblanx Binder Hirsch I.171 (signed) fairly plain,

&Weckesser Hirsch III.898 (signed) 

Samfin of Brienne Binder C150k9 (Ramsden collection, signed) 

Sams Binder C151k7 (signed) 

Sancha, G., Madrid, 

late 18th century 

Sanders of Oxford Binder C109d21 

Binder G18295-8, C154h9 (signed 'G. 

Sancha'), Davis660 

Sanderson, Cobden Binder see Cobden-Sanderson 

Sandys Owner C128f6 

Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binder C53k15, C53k17, C53aa12, C54f6, 

C54g5, C55f4, C55e8, C57i15, C57i16, 

C68i21, C68i19, C98c12 (S&S), 

C98g9, C98gg4, C98gg26 (S&S), 

C98gg27, C98h34?, C98i14 (S&S), 

C99b38 (S&S), C99c48, C99c49 

(S&S), C99d50 (S&S), C99d51 (S&S), 

C99d53, C99d54, C99f39, C99g44 

(S&S), C99g46 (S&S), C99g47 (S&S), 

C99g48 (S&S), C99g49 (S&S), C99f51 

(S&S), C99f53 (S&S), C99h32 (S&S), 

C99h34 (S&S), C99h35 (S&S), C99i28 

(S&S), C99i31 (S&S)R, C99k27 

(S&S), C99k28 (S&S), C100a7 (S&S), 

C100b6 (S&S), C100b7 (S&S), 

C100c17 (S&S), C100g42 (S&S), 

C100g50 (S&S), C100h26 (S&S)i, 

C100l17, C102a8 (S&S), C102a9 

(S&S), C102a11 (S&S), C102a15 

(S&S), C102e8, C102e14 (S&S), 

C102e20, C102g7 (S&S), C102h16 

(S&S), C102l5 (S&S), C102l7 (S&S), 

C102l18 (S&S), C103a1 (S&S), 

C103b2 (S&S), C103b3 (S&S), 

C103b5 (S&S), C103b7 (S&S), 

C103b15 (S&S), C103c18, C103e3 

(S&S), C103g11 (S&S), C103i2 (S&S), 

C103i4 (S&S), C103i7 (S&S), 

C103i8(S&S), C103i9 (S&S), C103i12 

(S&S), C103i14 (S&S), C104c4 (S&S), 

C104f7 (S&S), C106a7, C107b23, 

C108i6 (S&S), C108i9 (S&S), 

C109p20, C110b18, C112d8, C118d24, 

C118g4 (1960), C119a7, C122b10, 

C123b17, C126a38, C127a17, 

C127a21, C130k4, C133g2, C183d4, 

C188b13 (signed but rather plain tan 

morocco), C193a148 (signed but rather 

plain), LR252d3, Cup407c24, 

Cup407c26, Collins 625, Collins 626,

Sanudo Owner Add MS26067 (16th-century Italian 

binding commission from Doge) 

Sarazin Binder C154c2 (signed) 

Sauer, Lori Binder C188a188 (signed, 2001) 

Sauguin, Nicolas, de 

Livry, Bishop of 

Senlis 

Saumarez Smith, 

Romilly 

Sauty, A. de, of 

London 

Savalette, Charles, 

Seigneur de Buchelet 

Savile, John Lumley, 

8th Earl of 

Scarborough (1788- 

1856) 

Savoie, Marie, Jos 

Louis de, Comtess de 

Provence 

Savoie, Duc de Ch. 

Evere III 

Savoie, Prince Eugene 

de, Francois de 

Carignan 

Owner 11d8,9 (17th century), G4216 (arms) 

Binder C188c14 (1995) 

Binder C68g10, Ashley735 

Owner C62a21? (17th or 18th century French) 

Owner C194a395 (19th century, ticket 'bound 

by Hering, 9 Newman St.', Savile, John 

Lumley, 8th Earl of Scarborough, 

1788-1856, Rufford Abbey Library 

bookplate) 

Owner C47d25, C69b10, C69g5 

Owner C46b14, C46h6, C68h3 

Savory, Cirencester Binder Collins 215 

Owner C47e21 (Princes of the house of 

Bourton-Canti), C47i13 (Eugene Prince 

of Savoy), C69c1 (Eugene Prince of 

Savoy), C39i21, G8997 (arms) 

Saxony arms Owner see binder Thomas Krueger (Davis692) 

Say, William Binder C67d2 

Sayer & Wilson 

Cambridge 


Scales Binder Binder Davis51 (3, c.1475, London, LD 

1412194) 

Schaefer 'R[elieur] de 

la Reine' 


Schambach, P. Binder Collins 850 

Schauenburg Binder C150k10 

Schavye [of Brussells] Binder IB48911 (signed on spine) 

Schickmayer 

Amandus, Abbot of 

Lambach 

Davis646 (item 363, c.1750 Viennese, 

initials 'A.A.M.L.' and arms of 

Schickmayer) 

Scholl Binder Cup500a19 (ink stamp) 

Schoots van Capelle, 

Jacob Cornelis 

Binder C191a60 (18th century) 

Schroedel of Paris Binder C188a162 (signed)

Schulze Binder C154f6 (signed) 

Schulze, Otto & Co., 

Edinburgh 

Binder Collins 810

Schwickart, Wolf 

Conrad 

Binder Davis625 (item 339, dated 1562, 

Tuebingen Wuerttemberg, arms on 

lower cover with initials 'V.D.M.I. AE.' 

(verbum Domini manet in aeternum) 

Scotland C39d44 (arms of Scotland on upper 

cover, arms of Elizabeth I on lower 

cover) 

Scott of Carlisle Binder Collins 217, 1465c1 signed. (Plm 

taken froold index), C151k9 

signed 

Scott of Edinburgh Binder C151k8 (signed, same as James Scott 

of Edinburgh?), Collins 811 (this 

item by an imitator of Scott), 61g13 

Scott of Ferguson Binder C41f16 (Manufacturing Stationers 

Edinburgh) 

Scott of Paris Binder C156k12 (signed), C154c3 (signed) 

(19th century) 

Scott, James of 

Edinburgh 

Scripps, J. Binder C108d26 

Binder C7d3, C108f5, C108g21, C150c14, 

Davis250 (item 281, c.1773, 

Edinburgh), Davis251-252 (item 282, 

c.1778, Edinburgh), C150c14 

(Ramsden collection, signed) 

Seacome, J. Binder Collins 218, C29e17, C150c16 

(Ramsden collection, signed), C155b16 

(Ramsden collection, signed), 

C150c17(1) (signed 'Seacome of 

Chester'), C188a45 

Sealskin C59fff6 (by Douglas Cockerell 1904), 

C108aaa1 (blank sealskin covered with 

silver pques designed by M Lilian 

Simpson), C47a18 

Sealskin fur Cup410bb37 

Searjeant, H., 159 

Ladbroke Grove, 

London 

Searle (Printer, 

Bookseller, Binder) 

King St, Southmolton 


Searle, J. Binder C57e6, 

Binder RB 23a1060 (19th century) 

Searle, John Binder C188a102 (MS note: Bound by John 

Searle when apprenticed to John 

Wingrave, 1779, London) C188a102. 

Searle, J, 

76 Lower Grosvenor 


Sedgley, Richard, d. 

1719 


Binder 48g3, 48g1, C108k9, C64h12(1-9), 

Davis 199 (item 151; c.1701 Oxford)

Sedgley, Thomas Binder Davis 152 (item 160; c.1760 Oxford), 

C27f10 (see Nixon, Five centuriess), 

C188a41 

Sedlacek, Jiri (Czech, 

20th century) 

Binder Cup936/2168 (signed)

Seear (Secar), John, 

London 

Seguier, D., Bishop of 

Meany 



Seguier, Pierre Owner G3320 (arms), G5173 (arms), G6405 

(arms and initials) 

Segur, N. A. de Owner 95l3-5 

Seitz, Placidus (Abbot 

of Benedictive 

Monastery of Ettal) 

Seilliere, Achille 

Baron de 

Owner Davis643 (item 360, c.1710-30; Ettal 

arms of Seitz; upper cover has emblem 

of monastery of Ettal and arms of 

Abbot Placidus) 

Owner C20d26, C20e4, C20e6, C20e11, 

C20e14, C20e34, C20e29 (by Bely- 

Niedree), C20e31(by Bely-Niedree) 

Sellars, David G. Binder C183a32, C144k5, C188c19 (1995) 

Taylor 3, Taylor 6, Taylor 14, Taylor 

18. 

Semet et Plumelle Binder X525/10403 

Senlis, Bishop of See N. Sauguin de Livry 

Serre Binder C156k13 (signed) 

Sesma, Raymundo artist responsible for paper binding 

(contemporary Italian) C188c9 

Setchel, H. and Sons Binder 190e1-3, C1812 (binder's label) 

Seth, Bert Binder C160e4 

Seton, Robert of 

Edinburgh 

Binder C40e54, C60h4, 1570/5781, C151k10 

(signed) 

Seton & Mackenzie Binder C30h9, Collins 813 

Settle Binder C188b55. 

Settle, Elkanah 

(commissioned the 

bindings to cover his 

poetry books) 

Settle's Binder, d. 

1711 

Seve, Antoine de Owner C130d7 

Seymour, Michael Owner C66b18 

Owner C67f12, C67f13, Add MS5716, C66f16 

(1720), C66f8 (1707), C64h7 (1706; for 

Cowper), C66f18 (1712; for Coventry), 

Eve 67 (c.1705; for Evelyn), C143c5, 

K7i2 (1-104; music lib for Horton), 

75h16 

Binder Davis150 (item 153; c.1703; London 

for Sir Charles Duncombe; arms in 

centre) 

Shalders of Holt Binder C151k11 (signed) 

Shalders of Yarmouth Binder C132h39 (signed) with coat of arms 

Sharpe & Kellet, 16 

Old Hall St., Liverpool 

Sharpe & Kellet, 

Chapel St., Liverpool 


Binder Collins 220

Shaw, [Charles 

Ambrose], 

6 Featherstone 

Buildings, London WC 


Shaw, Christopher Binder C188c35, C188b66 

Shaw, George, 1 Peel 

St., Barnsley 

Shearer, John of 

Stirling 


Sheep's fleece wool Cup410c7 

Binder C151k12 (signed), C151k13 (signed)

Shelburne, Earl of = 

William Petty, Earl of 

Sherburn, 1st Marquis 

of Lansdown 

C47d14 (cypher), C46a21 (cypher), 

C68d8 (cypher), C58h1, Davis144-146, 

see also Fermor 

Sheldon, Ralph Owner C67f6 (signed by Sheldon), C67f19, 

C67g3, C130bb10, C67e3 (bookplate), 

C66g14 (bookplate), C67f6 

(bookplate), G570 (bookplate), 17th 

century, England 

Shepperson & 

Reynolds 

Binder C108g26-27 (label dated 1789 on 

spine) 

Sherman of New York Binder KTC31b15 (signed) 

Sherman, Stanley Binder YD2006a3998, YD2006a3998. 

Shipwrights Company, 

Rotherhithe 

Shirley, family of 

Staunton, Harrold 

Siberch, John of 

Cambridge 

Owner 1560/4410 (1707) 

Owner AddMS40,657 (arms), AddMS 40,661, 

17th century, England 

Binder C66c20, C64d13, C53e3 

Sic Donec Motto of Egerton, 1756-1829, Francis 

Henry 8th Earl of Bridgwater (trustee 

& benefactor to BM esp. MSS; left 

books and money to buy more books; 

arms block used by BL bindery) 

Sic itvr ad astra EG1228 (motto on religious badge, 

lower cover), 17th century German? 

Si Devs Nobiscum 

qvis contra Nos 

Sidney, Philip, Sir Owner C100h15 

see King Edward and Queen Mary 

Binder 

Sidney, Robert, Sir Owner C64i6, Davis93 (item 53, c.1616, 

London; by John Bateman, successor of 

the MacDuman Gospels Binder; Order 

of the Garter in the centre) 

Sigismund Augustus, 

King of Poland 

Owner C46b35, C47e12 

Silami Binder C108x9 

Silas, Ellis Designer Collins 633 

of the 


Silk, book printed on C29k5 

Silva & Deschamps, 

Rua dos Bacalhodeiros 

121, Lisbon 


Silver Bindings C65a15, C108aaa1(silver plaques on 

sealskin) 

Silver painted C188a96 (17th c. gold tooled and silver 

painted German calf) 

Silvestri, Eurialo Owner Davis835 (by Nicol Franzese)

Simier Binder C37a32, C39b16, C42e4, C55h7,

Simier, Relieur du Roi Binder Collins 930 

Simier, Fils Binder C154c5 

Simier, Petit 

Successeur de 

Simms & Dynham of 

Manchester 

Simon, J. B. 

(Encadernador de 

Paris Porto) 

Binder C130b1 

Binder C53a31 

Binder C38g5 

Simpson, M. L., Miss Binder C108aaa1 

Simpson & Bevington, 

121 Paternoster Square 

London 

Simpson, T. & Sons of 

Newcastle, 19th 

century 

C97bb2, C108aa4 (for Stuart de 

Rothesay), C108aa22 (for Stuart de 

Rothesay), C191a5 (signed on spine), 

11375aaa14 (signed), 

C150k11(signed), C150k13, C156k14 

(signed), C150k12 (signed), C154c4 

(signed), C155i7 (signed), Davis575 

(Alphonse Simier), Davis550 

(Alphonse Simier) 

Binder Collins 634a and b (2 vols) 

Binder YA1997a7763 (binder's ticket) 

Simson & Co. Ltd, 

Hertford 


Sissons Binder RF1999c10 (binder's ticket) 

Wm Skinner, 89 Fore Binder? Collins 111 (it is possible Skinner 

Street Saltash 

repaired the binding – see also Glanvill) 

Slade, Felix bequest of 23 bindings, July 1868 (see 

donations register 1866-71) 

Slinn of Sheffield Binder C188a80, C188a88 

Slipcase C142c13 (brown morocco slipcase, 

Dutch 19th century), 1568/8154 (paste 

paper slipcase, Dutch 19th century), 

C183d17 (morocco pull-off slipcase, 

Flemish, 18th century?), C66b15 (cloth 

slipcase, French, 19th century), 

C183a42 (cloth slipcase, French, 19th 

century), C109a29 (paper? slipcase, 

German almanac, 18th century), 

C129a9 (morocco slipcase, English 

18th century) 

Small Carnation 

Binder 

Smart, H., of 

Gloucester 

Binder 150g16, C48h13, Davis72 (item 27, 

c.1676 London; initials W. W. added to 

third compartment) 

Binder Collins 223

Smeers (or is this 

Sneers?) 

Binder C38b20-22, C30a22 (signed), 

C38b21(signed), C38b22 (signed), 

Hirsch I.344 (signed) plainish 

Smith Binder C151i1(signed), Collins 636 

Smith Bros., 

Ivy Lane 

Binder Collins 637, Collins 638 (?) 

Smith/Charles Smith N. B. Davis259 (item 208); it is not 

clear whether Charles Smith of 13

Smith of Bedford Binder C108d21 

Smith of Deptford Binder Collins 648 

Smith & Son of 

London 

Church Street and C. Smith are the 

same binder 

Binder RB23a13884 (ink stamp reads 'Smith & 

Son [London], July 1835') 

Smith of Long Acre Binder C150d2(1) (signed) 

Smith, C. Binder C20e7-8, C25e9, C32a6, C34h19, 

C35c22, C35e3 (identical with 

C35c22), C35g19, C35g20 (identical 

with C35g19), C35f15 (identical with 

C35g9), C35h17 (identical with 

C35g9), C21a23, C21a53, C39a4, 

C39b33, C39b39, C35e29, C39h11, 

C56b4, C57aa19 (for Ternaux), C59ff6, 

C111c13, C117b5, C117b13, C128e19, 

C21a23, C21a53, C32a6, C58aa9, 

C128e19, G4215, G2040, G2926, 



139a12 (ticket), 140a19, 270h30, 

272h27, G6896 (signed), G6900 



(signed), 11632aa3 (signed), Davis259 

(item 208, c.1816 London, stamp), 

C155b17 (signed), C150d1 (signed), 

C151k15 (signed), C151k16 (signed), 

G7219 (signed) 

Smith, C. of Bath Binder C155c1(signed, 1075), same as C. 

Smith 

Smith, Charles Binder Davis260 (item 209, c.1817 London, 

ticket, bound by C. Smith, 13 Church 

St., Soho) 

Smith, C. Philip Binder C108eee11(1-2) 2 vols, Odyssey), 

C188c1 (Macbeth, C170c33 (loan, 

Versallus 1934), Davis283 (item 246; 

plus embroidered silk by Dorothy M. 

Smith dated 1961; tum-ins signed and 

dated DMS; CPS 1961; Book of Dead), 

C108d40 (The Enneads), C108pp8 

(Time), C108pp9 (The Sun) 

Smith, Dorothy M. see C. Philip Smith 

Smith, Desmond, of 

Irish University Press 

bindery 

Binder X421/7030 (press bindery; label on 

upper fly leaf with details) 

Smith, E. Binder C109d12 (blue cloth blocked in blind

and gold; binder's label 5 Ivy Lane 

Paternoster Row), PP6670 (The 

Keepsake, 1847; red cloth with design 

signed E. Smith Binder Ivy Lane) 

Smith, J[oseph] Binder Collins 635, Collins 639, Collins 642, 

Collins 647 (?), Collins 649 (Binder’s 

stamp date 1824) 

Smith, J. Binder C109aa26 (1829) 

Smith, J. Binder C151i2 (signed) 

Smith, Joseph Owner C4d7, C19f11, C4g9 (bookplate British 

Consul at Venice), 62e12 

J[oseph] Smith & Son, 

15 Albion Buildings, 

Bartholomew Close 



Collins 650 (Binder’s stamp dated 

March 1836), Collins 651, Collins 652 

Smith, Philip see C. Philip Smith 

Smith, Romilly 

Saumarez 

Smith, R. W. Binder C34h44 

see Saumarez Smith, Romilly 

Smith, Sally Lou Binder C109q7, C129g7 

Smith, Mrs Binder Jewel St, Aldersgate St.; Cup645e1(55) 

(text by William Weldon) 

Smith, Thomas Binder 5405aa8-11 

Smith, William, 269 

High St., Edinburgh 

Smith, W. of Iron 

Bridge 

Smith, W. H., of 

Cirencester 

Smith & Son of 

London 

Smith, W. H. & Son, 

London 


Binder C151l3, C151i4 (signed) 



WHS[mith], Lancaster Binder Collins 226 

Smyth Owner C69ff12 

Smythe, Viscount 

Strangford 

C98k18, C99l17, C102e5, C102h7, 

C102l1, C102l16, C102h8, C116g9, 

C116g11, C116g13? C98a6, C98h32, 

C98h33, Collins 225, Collins 653, 





Snape, T & Co of 

Preston 

Binder C.188b79 

Sneers, L. Binder C30a22 

Snowden of Carlisle, 

H. K. 

Binder RB23b3445 (binder's ticket), 19th 

century

Society for Promotion 

of Christian 

Knowledge 

Society of Writers to 

the Signet 

Solomon, Saul, & 

Co., Cape Town 

Owner C129b19 (binder F. Remnant) 

Owner C118b24 (arms gold tooled), C124b24 

(arms gold tooled) 


Sombre bindings C69aa1(1695), C72e8 (1679), C69aa2 

(1667), C72b5 (1685), C69aa3 (1678), 

Davis116 (1673) 

Sombre Binder Binder Davis116 (item 116, dated 1673 

London; initials MM in centre) 

Somers, Baron, 

Sumers-Cocks 

Owner C67e14, C67e16

Somerset, Anne, 

Duchess of 

Owner C46a7 

Somerset, Charles Owner C67d16 (by Williamson), C128k3 

Somerville and Ross Owner C95h1 (publisher's binding), C95d7 

(publisher's binding), C95i1 

(publisher's binding) 

Song, Haein Binder C188b70 (2008) 

Sotheran, H. & Co of 

London 

Binder C55c37, C57aa17, C57b24, C58e34, 

C68i21, C119d3 

Soul, Eli, Tabernacle 

Walk, London 


Souriau Binder C155i8 (signed) 

Sousmont, Marquis de Owner See Turgot, Michel-Etienne 

Southeby, Wilkinson 

& Hodge 

Collins 1028 

Southey, Robert Owner C61b20 (from Southey's 'Cottonian' 

Library), C61b14 

Souze, August Binder Collins 932 

Sowler, T. of 

Manchester 

Spada, Cardinal 

Bernardino 

Spada, Cardinal 

Fabritius 

Binder C155b18 (signed), C150d3 (signed) 


Owner C129i5 (arms gold tooled on covers), 

17th century Italy 

Spain Owner C154h23 (royal arms), C154h19 (royal 

arms) 

Spaniel Binder Binder 15a27 (William III's cypher), 5i1, 59f2 

Spark of Exeter, 

William 


Sparway of Honiton Binder C150d4 (signed) 

Spem Fortuna Alit C21d18 (English 18th century, 

ornamental border roll binding) 

Spencer, [Robert], 14 

Bridgewater Sq., 

London 


Spencer, [Robert] & 

Son, (for 664: see also 

L., J. [John Leighton]) 


Spencer, Earl Owner C48a10 

Spencer Owner C65l15, C69c7 

Spencer, George, 2nd 

Earl 

Owner G406 (arms), G9277 (arms) 

Spencer-Churchill Owner C25h1, C67i9 

Sperling, H., Leipzig Binder Collins 851

Spicers & Detmold 

Ltd. 

Binder Cup410c7 

Spiegel, L. Binder C107g5 

Spierinck, Nicholas of 

Canbridge 

Spink & Thackray, 

Boar Lane, Leeds 

Spon, E. & F. N. of 

London 

Binder C48g13, C66c10, C66d11, C66d12, 

C66f7, IB23533, C66f6?, 874h20, 

C108h8-9, Davis85 (item 29, possibly 

after 1536 Cambridge, signed N. S.) 


Binder RB23a17760 (binder's ticket on mottled 

green grained cloth, spine blocked in 

gilt; text dated 1775)

Spon, Johannes of 

Augsburg 

Spottiswoode & Co. 

Ltd Bookbinders 

Spurway, [James], 

of Honiton 

Owner Egerton MS1178 (initials I. S. A. on 

German binding dated 1554) 

Binder C188a138 (gold tooled vellum), Collins 

666, Collins 667, C188a158 


Squirrel Binder Binder Davis97 (c.1620 London); Squirrell 

Binder was probably the shop which 

workded for Lord Herbert of Cherbury; 

Harl MS5087 (see HDI p. 57), C40l3 

(see HDI p. 57), C24c4 (see HDI p. 

57), C47f13 (see HDI p. 57), C82c5 

(see HDI), C77i5 (see HDI), C47K11 

(see HDI), C47l11, C24b14 (blocked 

on silk), C29k16 (blocked on silk), 

C73g5 (standard royal library binding 

for James I), C78d8 (standardd royal 

library binding for James I), C79b18 

(standard royal library binding for 

James I) 

Stabbed Vellum C109e54 (vellum MS used as cover and 

stabbed through side, 1623) 

Stacy, John of 

Norwich 

Binder C155b19 (part of Charles Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C150d5 

(signed) 

Staddon, [John], 12 

Bute St., Luton 


Stagg, M C108v25 (signed. with elaborate 

doublures). 

Staggemeier and 

Welcher of London 

Binder C1d1-2, C1d8, 2f5, 82l18, 148c1 

G8047-50 (yellow binder's label), 

Davis173 (item 197; probably after 

1799 London), Davis 202 (item 198; 

probably after 1799 London), C155c3 

(signed; pink label), C156i4 (signed), 

C155c2 (attributed to Staggemeier and 

Welcher), C150k7 (signed), C180cc4 

(signed; yellow label; presentation 

binding from Thomas Hope, 

Tab435a15 (with ticket) 

Stained vellum RB23a28487 (German 18th c. stained 

vellum, tooled in blind) 

Stainville - Choiseul Owner C46c26 

Stamford, Earl of Grey Owner C68e4 

Stanes of Chelmsford Binder C151i6 (part of Charles Ramsden 

Collection of signed bindings), C150d6 

(signed) 

Stanhope, Charles Earl 

of Harrington 

See Hering (C150b7), see B. Clyde 

(C150b8), see Hering (C150b9) 

Stanhope, Philip 5th Owner C69c3 (by Hering), Davis201 (item

Earl of Chesterfield 185; c.1776 London; arms of Stanhope) 

Stagg, Richard Binder C108u25 (signed) 

Starr, Ellen Binder 10826b16 

Stassin et Xavier 

Libraires (Paris) 

Stratford, [Thomas] 

[of Worcester] 

Binder RB23a15661(binder's ticket) 


Stebbing, Sylvia Binder C188a66 (signed 'ss 1900') 

Steedman, H., 44 

George St., Edinburgh 


Steel Binder C188a129. 

Steel, Mrs (Jane Steel, 

daughter of Robert 

Steel) 

Binder ?59c17, 167i15 

Steel, Robert Binder apprenticed to Samuel Mearne; 

C109f12, ?C108aa12?, ?59c17, ?62h9, 

?75i6 

Steele, Robert Binder apprenticed to Samuel Mearne from 

1668-1675; established by 1677 and 

last heard of in 1710; Davis148 (item 

148; c.1700 London)Established by 

1677 and last heard of in 1710 

Stefano, Giuseppe Owner C68d15 

Stelbogen, Thomas Binder Davis691 (item 335; 1559 Leipzig for 

Nikolans von Ebeleben) 

Stephenson, 12 

Parliament Street 

Stephenson, W. S. of 

Sligo 

Binder G17738 


Stetin, Dukes of Owner G8592 (arms) 

Stevens, David Kevin Binder C144e1 

Stevens, Graham Binder C128h3 

Stevens, H. Owner C21d16 (by W. Pratt), C21d4 (by W. 

Pratt), C37h10 (by W. Pratt), C37e39 

(by W. Pratt), C32c7 (by F. Bedford), 

C32f29 (by W. Pratt), C32e20-24 (by 

W. Pratt), C32m16 (by W. Pratt), 

C71a35 (by W. Pratt) 

Stikeman (?) of New 

York 

Stirling Maxwell, John 

Sir 

Binder Tab741d1 (signed), Eccles 7 

Owner C108bb22 

Stirling , William Owner 1578/4667 

Stoakley of Cambridge Binder C34h47, C123d18, Collins 231, Collins 


Stopes, W. Binder C108b2 

Storr, R. of Grantham Binder C151l7, C151l8 (signed)

Stow, Elizabeth Owner G5972 (arms of London and initials of 

Elizabeth Stow) 

Stoy, Georg, Christoph Binder Collins 852 

Stradel of Montavban Binder C154c6 (signed) 

Strafford, Countess of Owner C128c9 

Strain, Wm., and Sons, 

of Belfast 

Straker & Son of 

London 


Binder YA1998a3428 (ticket) 

Stratford Binder C129c18 

Stratford, [Thomas], of 

Worcester 

Straten, Jan Joncheer 

van 


C106e18 (arms of van Straten painted 

on endleaf) 

Straw Binding C188c4 (England 19th century) 

Strong, W. Binder C53k16, C151l9 (signed), C150d7 

(signed) 

Structure C183a38 (wood boards, no covering 

material, sewing visible) 

Stuart, James C160ee2 (designed by James Stuart, 

1762) 

Stuart, John (1713- 

1792), Third Earl of 

Bute 

Stuart de Rothersay, 

Charles, Baron (1779- 

1845) 

Stuart de Rothesay 

Lord 

Stuart, William (1798- 

1874) 

Owner C69b3, 447h2 

Owner C97a7, C33d22, C64dd6, C32a15, 

C62c12, C57g22, C69a15, C69b2, 

C133dd3, C65a24, C63e6, C63l26, 

C64cc1, C69a3 

Owner 

Owner 2 mottos: Nobilis ira; Avito viret 

honore; C107bb57, C25e30, C20c29, 

C63l12, C69e19, C69bb13, C64dd9, 

C113a18, C62g7, C53a8, C150l14 

(arms), C154d5 (arms), C152l6 (arms), 

C152l7 (arms), C154e7 (arms), and 

many others 

Stubbs, Kathleen Binder C188b26, C188a81, C188a82, C188a86 

(possibly by Kathleen Stubbs, C188b26 

Stumme?, A. Binder IB357 (signed) 

Sturge, E. Y., of 

Clevedon 


Sturt, J. C44c6, C65b14, C54d2 (engraved 

books) 

Suarez Binder C150m18 (signed) 

Sub Libertate Quietem 191d9, G8279 (motto of Burrell, Sir Bt)

Sueur-Moussette of 

Montdidier 

Suffolk, Mary, 

Dutchess of 

Binder C155i9 

Owner C46d8

Sullivan Edward, see 

E. S. Aurifex 

Sully, Duke de 

Bethume 

Sultzbach, Marie 

Auguste de 

Owner C64d7 

Davis 235 (item 267; 1924, acc to 

Thomas Lange, Huntington Library, 

not c.1890; binding finished by Sir 

Edward Sullivan), Davis234 (item 268; 

c.1890, cover signed 'E S Aurifex', 

finished by Edward Sullivan), 

Davis269 (item 269; c.1890, finished 

by Edward Sullivan, signed 'E S 

Aurifex', Davis270 (item 270; c.1910; 

info from Thomas Lange, Huntington 

Library), bound by Birdsall, signed 'E S 

Aurifex') 

Owner C69d20, C67b7 

Sumner, O. of York Binder C109k8, C151l10 (signed) 

Sumfield & Day, 

Station Street, 

Eastbourne 

Sunderland, Earl of Owner C67i9 

Binder Collins 21 (only one of the three vols 

bound by this company – see also 

Bayntun of Bath for one other) 

Superabo Motto of Penha Longa, Count of 

Susse Binder C155i10 (attributed to Susse), C155i11 

(signed), C150k14 (signed) 

Sussex, Earl of 

Ratcliffe 

Owner C67g4 

Sustine et Abstine Add MS22,275 (cardinal's arms with 

motto, arms of Vander voost) 

Sutherland Binding C69h9 

Sutherland, J. & J., 

Brantford, Ontario 


Sutherland, Duke of 

Leveson-Gewer 

Owner C64f10 

Sutton, Thomas Owner C67b22 

Svoboda, Jindrich Binder Cup410c138 (signed 1995), 

Cup410g583 (brown sheep with onlays, 

signed 1994), Cup410f1111 (vellum, 

signed 1995), Cup410f1112 (vellum 

onlays, signed 1993) 

Svolinsky, K. Cup410f1155 (designed binding bound 

by A. Tvrdy) 

Swane of Brighton Binder C109b30 

Swastika RB8a136 (motif tooled in gold on 

upper and lower cover; text London 

1670) 

Swinborne Owner ?C48h12

Sydney, Robert Owner Davis93 (annotated, partially in the 

hand of Robert Sydney; compare with 

his hand in Add MS58435) 

Syle, [William], 

High Street, 

Barnstaple 

Binder Collins 236

Sykes, Mark 

Masterman Sir 

Symington of York Binder 1578/6305 

Owner C21e8, C30d26, G4918 (arms), G9153 


Szirmai, J. A. Binder C183b16, C188B59, C188b64, 

C188b63, C188b16, C188b65, 

Binding Index 

T 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

T | U 

Shelfmark 

T. Davis597 (item 286 c1485; initial T) 

T., A. Tauch3522a(1) (half-bound brown 

goatskin signed 'AT 1902'; his note 

says 'bound by my wife Alfred C. 

Thomas') 

T., S. Davis677 (item 338; roll signed 'ST' 

and dated 1559) 

T., V. 128d15 (England 1650-1700, panel 

design) 

Talbot, Ladye Gartrvd Owner C143c10 ('Lady Gartrvd Talbot' gold 

tooled on upper and lower covers of 

16th-century English binding) 

Talius, Chr. Fab. Owner Davis629 (by a pupil of Jacob 

Krause) 

Tankerville, Earl of 

Bennet 

Owner C67b23, C67e5 

Tapin, Claudius Owner C46c17 

Tate, J. of Belfast Binder C152a1 (signed) 

Tauchnitz Tauch4144d (with patterned fabric 

wrappers added); Tauch4174 (in 

decorated paper over boards); 

Tauch4161f (with decorated floral 

paper wrappers added); 

Tauch3986c(2) (vellum with red 

leather strips and string); Tauch3012 

(fabric pink rosebuds on black) 

Taverner, John Binder ?C46d8 

Taylor, Simon, Sir Owner C108i15 

Taylor, E.A.W. of 

Bradford 

Binder C152a2 (signed)

Taylor, Olwen Binder Collins 237 

Taylor, Thomas Binder C102i1-2 

Taylor. W., & Son 

Bath 

Binder Collins 174 (see also The Old City 

Wall) 

Taylor & Hessey Binder C152a4, C152a3 (signed) (19th 

century) 

Tchek & Roul Binder Eccles 26 

Tegernsee Abbey, 

Bavaria 

Le Tellier, C.M., 

Archbishop of Rheims 

Tencin, Pierre Guerin Owner C68a9 

Tepper, A., of 

Southampton 

Ternaux Campans, 

Henry 

Binder Davis638 (item 352 second half of 

17th century; probably made at 

Tegernsee), Collins 853 

Owner C47d12, C47c4, C47c7, C47c3, 

C47h1, C47g12, C47b10, C47h2 

Binder C42e1, C152a5 (Ramsden 

collection, signed) 

Terrel, Francois Owner C47d18 

Terry (Garnet) of 

Paternoster Row, St. 

Pauls, London 

Owner C31e17, C32a6 (B.C. Smith, B. 

Valentin), C32a12, C32e25, C32f11- 

13, C54bb2, C58a15, C58bb19, 

C58a10, C58e11, C58e4, C58e5, 

C62c18, C62d4, C63b47 (B.C. 

Lewis), C63c24, C63e22, C63h29, 

C63h18, C63k9, C63k17, C63l16, 

C66b8 (B. MacKenzie), C20b10, 

C125a1, C20b10, C20b17, C20d1, 

C20d10 (B.C. Lewis), C20e19, 

C57aa19 (B.C. Smith) 

?Binder Collins 668 

Tersil (Porto, Portugal) Binder Cup408t29 signed. Blocked in 

blind. 

Terzulo, Papetier du roi Music gift binding K8i12 pub by Le 

Fuel with slip case 

Te Sola Ser Viro Fin 

Ch'Harovi Ta 

Gold tooled on upper cover of 

Italian 16th-century bindings C28a4, 

Davis754 (See Tamm Di Marinis 

vol. 11 2161) 

Tessier Binder C150k16 (signed), C150k15 

(signed), C155i13 (signed) 

Tevens, H.J. Owner C38l4 (by W. Pratt) 

Thierry of Paris 

(successor to Petit- 

Simier) 

Theodor, Johann, of 

Bavaria, Cardinal 

Archbishop of Freising 


Owner C47e5

Theron Binder C154c7 (signed) 

Thibaron Binder C20b2, C31f15, C32a33, C38f36, 

C39a57, C39c43, C39e32, C57aa27,

Thibaron-Echaubard Binder C40c55, C57a23 

C57c18, C20c26, C62aa23, IB41242 

(signed) 

Thibaron-Joly Binder C38d29, C53b9, C55d4, C55h3, 

C59d21, C71e1, C59b37 

Thierosn, Frieda Binder C103h5 (Germany) 

Thierri-Sr de Petit- 

Simier 

Thiersch, Frieda (see 

Bremer Binderei) 

Binder C53b14 

Binder C98e20 

Thiery Binder C150k17 (signed) 

Thomas, A. see T., A. 

Thomas, F[rancis], of 

Truro 

Thomas, James, of 

Haverfordwest 


Thomason, George Owner C183b3? 

Binder C150d8 (Ramsden collection, 

signed) 

Thompson, Ann see B. Katherine Adams, Davis239 

Thompson Binder C20c28, C30e8, C31h38, C36a8, 

C38c15, C39f13, C39a13, C39a46, 

C39b23, C40a47, C40b16, C44c8, 

C52g3, C53b4, C54d3, C58cc16, 

C69dd12 (for Adolphe Audenet), 

C111aa21?, C125bb4, Huth61 

(signed), IA22733 (signed), G8989 

(signed), IB39390 (signed), 1474a1 

(signed) 

Thompson, J. Binder C156i5 (signed) 

Thompson of Paris Binder C150k18 (signed) 

Thompson, Fils Binder C18a15 

Thornton, Ann Binder C188b44 

Thorpe Binder C35f3? 

De Thou, J.A. Owner C2a1, C17c7-12 (arms of J.A. de 

Thou and his 2nd wife Gasparde de 

la Chastre), C18b4, C19a8, C19a33, 

C19b10, C19b11, C19b12-16, 

C19c21, C19c25, 675f18, C19c28- 

29, C19c30-31, C19d17-19, C19d21, 

C19e1,2, C19e12, C19f23, C19c26, 

C20b33, C20d12, C24e12, C39g20, 

C46b17, C46b23, C46b24, C46c6, 

C46c24, C46e21, C48c14, C48d7 

(arms of J.A. de Thou and Gasparde 

de la Chastre), C48d10, C64c14, 

C65a 18-19, C65d15, C65f12, 

C66c18, C66e12, C66h16, C67c23,

C67e25, C68a19, C68e10, C68f9, 

C69aa16, C69c4, C69dd11, C69ee4, 

C72a17, C97a24, C107a5, C108a15, 

C108dd14, C108h1, C128c10, 

C128d13, C129k10, C130a21, 

C130b15, C130bb4, C119dd24, 

C129k10 (1600), Davis449, 180e1, 

241l14, 825a35, 683f7 (contains 

Scaliger's autograph), IB27657a, 

G255, G544 (arms of J.A. de Thou 

and his 1st wife Marie Barbancon), 

G1148 (arms of J.A. de Thou and 

Gasparde de la Chastre), G1267 


de la Chastre), G1371 (arms of J.A. 

de Thou and Gasparde de la 

Chastre), G1649 (arms of J.A. de 

Thou and Gasparde de la Chastre) , 



(arms of J.A. de Thou and Marie 

Barbancon), G3257 (arms of J.A. de 

Thou), G4208 (arms of J.A. de Thou 

and Marie Barbancon), G4226 (arms 

of J.A. de Thou and Gasparde de la 

Chastre), G4440 (arms of J.A. de 


and Gasparde de la Chastre), G4741 


Barbancon; Duke of Sussex 

bookplate), G5361 (arms and initials 

of J.A. de Thou), G5385 (arms and 

initials of J.A. de Thou), G5384 

(arms and initials of J.A. de Thou 


of J.A. de Thou and Marie 


Thou and Gasparde de la Chastre, on 

lower cover his coat of arms as 

bachelor), G6235 (arms of J.A. de 

Thou and Gasparde de la Chastre), 


Marie Barbancon), G6384 (arms of 

J.A. de Thou and Marie Barbancon), 

G6407 (arms and initials of J.A. de 

Thou as bachelor), G6461 (arms of 

J.A. de Thou and Marie Barbancon), 

G7101 (initials of J.A. de Thou), 


Gasparde de la Chastre), G7456

(arms of J.A. de Thou), G7482 (arms 

of J.A. de Thou and Marie 




and initials of J.A. de Thou), G8203 


Barbancon), G8250 (arms and 

initials of J.A. de Thou and 


(arms and initials of J.A. de Thou), 





de Thou and Gasparde de la 

Chastre), G8719 (arms and initials 

of J.A. de Thou), G8822 (arms and 

initials of J.A. de Thou and Marie 

Barbancon), G8850 (arms and 

initials of J.A. de Thou), G9180 



de Thou, the younger, 1) de Thou, 2) 

Picardet, 3) La Chastre, 4) Le 

Prevost) 

Thouvenin C25c15, C29f19, C33a33, C39a28, 

C39e13, C47h3, C68i20, C108bb28, 

C47e17, C18a30, C47e17, IB41106 

(signed), G11303, C150l4?, 

C154c10 (signed), C150k20, 

C155i12, C150k19, C150k21, 

C154c8, C150l1 (signed), C154c9, 

Davis712-715, C150k20 (signed), 

C155i12 (attributed to), C150k19 

(signed), C150k21 (signed), C154c8 

(signed), C154c9 (signed) 

Thouvenin Jeune Binder RB23a20800 (signed foot of spine). 

Thraner Binder C150l2 (signed), C154c11 (signed 

Thraner of Strasbourg) 

Thurnam, Charles Binder C45g17, RB23a12443, Collins 239, 

3225df3 has his label as ‘binder and 

Thurnan?, Charles Binder Collins 240

Tiepolo Owner 126l6,7 

Tillet, Titus of 

Cambridge 

The Times of India 

Exchange Press 

[bindery] 

Binder C128d8, C132i58 


Timm of Germany Binder C43l1-13 

Tisserand, D.C. Owner 236a40 ('Ex Dono D. Claudii 

Tisserand 1654' on red morocco, 

French binding)

Tobb, V. de Binder C115tt33 

Tobias, Matthew, 

Archbishop of York NT 

1580, Archbishops & 

Bishops 

Owner C64dd2 

Toledo Add MS 28,503 (arms of Castro, 

Colonna and Toledo with ducal 

coronet 17c?) 

Tomes, [Alfred] Binder Collins 669 

Tomson, Percy C. of St 

Neots 


Toorop, J. C109q6 (designed 20th-century 

Dutch publisher's binding) 

Tortoiseshell Bindings Davis672, C48a5 (18th-century 

German), C65h9 (19th-century 

French), C65h10, C65h11, C50*a10, 

C049a2, C049b6, C049b2?, C72b3 

(18th-century Danish), 166d14 

(17th-century Dutch with silver 

mounts), C109e49, C65h1? 

Tory, Geofroy (Paris, 

16th c) 

Totham, W. of 

Colchester 

Totnes, Earl of, George 

Carew 

Binder C47g20 

Binder C130d8 

Owner C68c5, C68c9 

Toucauld, N.J. Owner C7b8, C7b11 

Toulouse, Comte de Owner C38g6 

Toupriant Binder C154c12 (signed) 

Tourian Bros., Cairo Binder Collins 957 

Tournadre Binder C155i14 (signed) 

Tournon, de, Cardinal Owner C108l2 (by Hagne) 

Tout, Sml Binder C58b10, C68h13, C72b6, C108n4, 

C40g12, C59b21, C59f2 

Touzimsky of Prague Binder Collins 854 

Towneley of Lancashire Owner C67e1 

Towneley, Richard Owner C67f4 

Townsend, W., 12 

Surrey St., Sheffield 

Townsend, [William], 

[Sheffield] 

Townsend & Son of 

Sheffield 



Binder Add MS 30,073, Eg MS 2582 (both 

20th century, England), Collins 243 

(?)

Trade Bindings 

England Elizabeth I, 

16th century 


England Falon Stamps, 

16th century 

C186aa2 (calf with gold blocked 

arms and 'E.R.'), C81b5 (calf with 

gold blocked arms) 

C27g9, C66d4, C67d16, ?G7817, 

C27g7 

Trade Bindings C108b8, C108c21, 532g9, 294f29

England, Noli Altvm 

Sapere motto, 16th and 

17th centuries 


England, Portrait 

Stamps Elizabeth I, 

16th century 


England, Tudor Rose, 

16th century 


England, Tudor Rose, 

17th century 


England for Eikon 

Basilike, Portrait of 

Charles I, 17th century 


England for Eikon 

Basilike, CR, 17th 

century 


Romanisch/Swiss 

C67d15 

C82a13 (Tudor rose and scroll with 

Elizabeth on it), ?C24a27 (crowned 

rose), C55a6 (crowned rose), 

C111a27, C123a19 

C108f14 (crowned rose), C65hh17 

(crowned rose and initials 'AH'), 

C67f2 (crowned rose), C67d10 

(crowned rose), C108cc1 

C118d43 (portrait and 'C.R.'), 

C118d86, C118d87, C118d36 

C118d4, C118d5, C11d18, C118d19 

(late 17th, early 18th century), 

C118d30, C118d35, C118d40, 

C118d43, C118d44, C118d46, 

C118d47, C118d48, C118d49, 

C118d51, C118d52, C118d53, 

C118d56, C118d59, C118d67, 

C118d71, C118d83, C118d85, 

C118d88, C118d89, C118d92, 

C118d110, C118d119, C118d136, 

599e11 

885d8 (brown hide, Strada, Ianett, 

1689) 

Trautz-Bauzonnet Binder C20a16-17, C20b15, C20e1, 

C22a53, C31b23, C31h20, C31h32, 

C32a29, C33l5, C34e42, C34g24, 

C34g25, C38a15, C38a26, C38b13, 

C38d22, C38f1, C38f9, C39a44, 

C39b30-31, C39c30, C39d64, 

C39e8, C39e17, C39e20, C39h12, 

C40a2, C40a3, C40b24, C44a6, 

C47f5, C48d1, C53d10, C54b13, 

C55a2, C56c5, C57a2, C57a10, 

C57aa7, C57aa47, C57b1, C57c38, 

C57g1 (signed), C57g35, C62a3, 

C62a5, C62b1, C62b3, C62b4, 

C62b5, C62b17, C62b28*, C63e2, 

C63f3, C66d8, C70a6, C97aa2,

(Fratelli) Traversa, of 

Lugano 

Treacher, H. & C., 

Brighton 

Treble, I., of Pembroke 

and Tenby 

C97aa5, C97b9, C97b21, C97bb27, 

C107b29, C107c13, C107g6, 

C121a10, IA27924, C47d23, 

C47h10, C29k24, ?C63f2, IB 41531 

(signed), IB 41542 (signed), 

C127a10 (signed), 11403a19 

(signed), Add MS 36,676 (signed), 

886d2 (signed) 




Tree vellum Cup402k27 

Trevelyan Owner C65g4 

Trickett, [George] and 

Son 


Trinckvel Binder Cup408ss11, Cup408ss12 ('1926' 

tooled on spine, French) 

Trinity College Dublin Owner C108bb35, 1578/4540, C152f16 

(arms), C152c6 (stamp) 

Tripier-Bradel Binder C154c13 (Ramsden collection, 

signed) 

Trivvltio Owner C72a11 

Trotebas of Marseilles Binder C156k15 (signed) 

Truber Owner Davis677 

Truclaine, D.C. Owner C64b3 

Truscott, James & Son 

Ltd Contractors for 

Bookbinding for HM 

Gov. (Patent Office) 

1651/2172 

Collins 671 

Tuck, S. of Frome Binder C188b68 (C19th blind and gold 

tooled blue calfskin with ticket of S. 

Tuck of Frome) 

Tuckett, [Charles], 

‘Binder to the Queen’ 

Tuckett, Charles, sr. 

(the same as below?) 



Tuckett the Elder Binder C18e7, ?C22c16, C19e14, ?C20b19, 

?C20b21

Tuckett Binder C17d1-11, C25g3, C27b44, C32d26, 

C33d25, C33e10, C34k29 (British 

Museum), C36a12, C36a13, C17e1- 

12, C21c42, C21e3, C24a14, 

C34c39, C34c41, C34k2, C34k4, 

C34k11, C34k12, C37a35, C37b32, 

C39a29, C39a38, C39a53, C39b18?, 

C39b19, C39b24, C39b36, C39c28, 

C39c29, C39c40, C39d31, C40a3, 

C40a6, C40a8, C40a10, C40a11, 

C40a13, C40a14, C40a15, C40a19, 

C40a22, C40a41, C40a43, C40c27, 

C40d4, C40d8, C40d24, C40d26, 

C40d33, C40d39, C40l5-6, C45d28,

Tuckett Jun., C. Binder C132i4 

C51a3, C51b4, C117bb18, C17c14, 

C17d1-11, C17e1-12, C18b8, C18c7 

(the tooling has been added to by 

Tuckett, badly repaired by Tuckett), 

C18d5, ?C20b28, C20d3 (for Henry 

Prince of Wales), C21b13, C27b44, 

?C27i8, C34c39 (for Garrick), 

C34c41 (for Garrick), C21b22-30, 

C21b32-35, C21c42, C21e3, 

?C21e16, C23e1 (renovated by 

Tuckett), C24e21-4 (destroyed), 

C37a35, C39a29, C39a38, ?C39b18, 

C39b19, C39c28-29, C39c40, 

C39d31, C40a3, C40a6, C40a8 

Tuckett IB10904 (signed), Huth31 (signed), 

Huth146 (signed) 

Tvrdy, A. Binder C410c300 (Bible. Bohemian 

translation, vol. 1 brown blind- 

tooled pigskin, signed) 

Turgot, Michel-Etienne 

Marquis de Sousmont 

Owner C48c18 

Turinetti, H.J.L. Owner C67b1 

Turner, R. Binder C108h13, C108h14 

Tvrdy, A. Binder Cup410f1155 (20th c. Czech, bound 

by A. Tvrdy after the design of K. 

Svolinsky) 

Tweedmouth, First 

Baron 

see under B. Holloway, Davis720 

Tys, Jan Binder Davis607 (item 294, c.1530, 

possibly Malines, panel on this item 

occurs in combination with a tool 

that belonged to Tys, who worked in 

Malines c.1508-1537) 

U 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

Ulloa Binder C155i15 (signed; 18th century, Spain) 

Unrash, F. A., 

Johannesstr. 7, 

Dresden 


Upham & Beet Binder C150d9(1) (attributed to Upham & Beet) 

Upham's Library, 

Bath 

Owner C155c4 (ticket) 

Urwick, Alison C188c14 (Urwick is a calligrapher)

Usher, James, 

Archbishop of 

Armagh 

Owner C46d20, Davis67 (item 91, c.1639 

possibly Dublin, arms of James Usher, 

Archbishop of Armagh in the centre) 

Utrecht Binder 166h3 (arms of Utrecht on Dutch school 

prize, c. 1673), C188b5 (18th-century 

prize binding), Davis683 (item 288, 

c.1500, possibly made at Utrecht) 

Utrecht Broedelet 

Bindery 

Utrecht Dissertation 

Bindery 

Binder C129m10, C188b5 (18th century) 

Binder C43d5 (18th century) 

Utterson, E.V. Owner C39c32, C39d65, C42b2, C34i17 (by H. 

Falkner), C57b26, C57c16, C69a17, 

C97g2 (by J. Wright) 

V 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

V., M. engraver; see for Joannes Reckins, 

Davis631 

V., T. Binder C65bb1 (initials gold tooled on 

English 1600-50 binding; initials 

'PM' also tooled on binding) 

Valencay, Estampes, 

Archbishop of Rheims 

Owner C63i6, C66f11, C67a17, C67e12 (as 

Bishop of Chartres), C67h2, 

C67h15, C69a18 

Valentin, Epinal Binder C154c15 (Ramsden collection, 

signed) 

Valentin, F. Binder C58e5 (for Ternaux), C58e6 

Valliere, La Owner 240a16 (La Valliere arms, 18th 

century) 

Valois, Marguerite de Owner C47k15 

Vandendriessche, 

Lucien 

Binder C160e3 (Brugge) 

Vanette Binder C154c16 (Ramsden collection, 

signed), C150l3 (Ramsden 


van der Does, Ysbrant Owner see Does, Ysbrant van der 

Valentin, F. Binder C154h1 (signed, 19th century) 

Valentin Binder C154c14 (signed), C155i16 (signed)

van der Voost Owner Add MS 22,275 (arms on 16th- 


Vard Binder C150l4 (Ramsden collection, 

signed) 

Vaudreuil, Seigneur de Owner see Portail, Antoine IV 

Vastre, Simon Owner C38h11 (by Cape) 

Vaughan Owner C65k10 (crest of Vaughan on 

embroidered binding) 

Vecellio, Cesare Davis690 item 332, c. 1547-50, 

South German; fore-edge painted by 

Vecellio 

van de Velde, Henry C183b10 (designed and gold 

blocked by Henry van de Velde) 

Vellucent Binder C108bbb3 (signed by Cedric 

Chivers of Bath, England, 20th 

century) 

Vellum wrappers RB23a28330 (painting of pot plant 

on vellum wrappers) 

Venables, Margaret, 

Hastings 


Venetian Apple Binder C66e13, C64b7, C69a7, C65f3, 

C66h9, C46b13, C47g18, 72k4, 

Davis764, 794, 799, 801, 800, 754, 

C20a14, C52f15) 

Venice - Emblem Lion 

of St Mark 

Ventadour, Levis de, 

Archbishop of Bourges 

see Lion of St Mark 

Owner C67a11-12 

Vente Binder 84i7 and 84i8 (binder's ticket in vol. 

1), 84i6?, 18th century, France) 

Vere, Charles de, 11th 

Duke of St Albans 

Owner Tauch4355/4359x (bound by 

Birdsall) 

Vergennes, Comte de Owner C67c6 (Charles Gravier) 

Verney Owner C130bb20 

Vernier-Reitz of Nancy Binder C156h2 (signed) 

Veron, Rene Owner C69d23 

Vernhes, P., l’aine, 1 

Rue du Vallat, 

Montpellier 


Vernis Martin C154e17 (Vernis Martin style) 

Vernunft en Vlyt C104f18 (gold tooled on onlay on 

upper cover Dutch 19th-century 

marbled calf binding; on lower 

cover onlay 9.M, 18-41, 15-D) 

Verqua Owner G955 (arms?)

Verrue, Countess de Owner C65d18, C66a3, C66b6, C67a3, 

C108a21, Davis475-476 (Jeanne 

Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, 1670-

Verviers School Prize 


1736) 

C136ee14 (1736) 

Vester & Co., Jerusalem Binder? Collins 951 

Vettori, Pietro Owner G1386 (arms), G8142 (arms) 

Veuve Dalandon of 

Bernay 


Viciot Binder C156h3 (signed), C150l5 (signed) 

Victoria, Queen (reign 

1837-1901) 

Owner C108c29, C44h4 (Victoria and 

Albert, by Riviere), C134e43, 

C42q4 (embroidered silk), C110g6- 

9, 563f20?, C42g4 (Victoria and 

Albert) 

Vidal, Carsi y Binder C183b5, C154h6 (Ramsden 


Vieuville, La Owner 244i19 (arms of La Vieuville), 

initials v v ie w on spine of 

c129b23. 

Vieuville Owner C69d9 (or de Bethune?) 

Vignetten-Meister, 

Bologna 


Vilde, Fauconnet de Owner C69bb21 

Villelume, Francois de 

(d. 1709) 

Owner 218b11 (arms gold tooled; Guigard 

v2, p. 468) 

Villeroy, Marquis de Owner C47d2 (Charles de Veufoille) 

Villette, Charles de Owner C67b28 

Vincens of Toulouse Binder C154c17 (signed) 

Vincent, Augustine Owner C66g14, C67e3 

Vincit Omnia Veritas C27f10 (tooled on, 18th century, 

England) 

Vireau des Epoisses, L. 

F. 


Virey, C.E. Owner C46d7 

Virgin and Child Binder Binder Add MS 60577 

Virtue & Co., 294 City 

Rd., London 

Visconti, Cardinal 

Vitalianus 

Binder C61b27, Collins 674 

Owner C186aa6 (arms gold tooled on 

vellum covers; 17th century Italy) 

Vivet Binder C154c18 (signed) 

Vogel Binder C108bb32, G10910 (signed), 

C154c19 (attributed to), C154c21 

(signed), C154f8 (signed), C154c20 

(signed) 

Vostre, Simon Binder C108d44 (atelier Simon Vostre?, 

16th century, France)

W 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

W. Davis687 item 321 (late 15th century; 

initial 'W' in outer border of the panel 

design) 

W Owner C128b23 w on spine really stands for 

VV ie La Vieuville, French early 18c 

W., B. C65aa1 (B. W. tooled on upper cover; 

17th century) 

W, CCI monogram 'CCIW'; see binder 

Thomas Gosden, Davis223 

W, EWD C106e15 (initials 'EWDW' blind 

tooled on upper cover; lower cover 

tooled 1566) 

W., I. Oxford binding, 17th century, blind 

roll (recent acquisition 3/97) 

W., P. 51e4 (P. W. DC & C gold tooled on 

both covers; 18th century, England) 

W., E. P. see binder E. P. Womersley 

W., N. Add MS 40,883 (initials 'NW' 

stamped on cover; MS note says book 

owned by Nehemiah Wallington, a 

Puritan; book has his signature) 

W., R. C109aaa7 (initials gold tooled on 

16th-century English binding), 

Davis200, item 150 (c. 1701 London, 

initials 'RW' on spine) 

W., W. see Small Carnation Binder 

Wagner, Hans Binder C68b11 (1582; Lavingen) 

Waldegrave, Earl Owner C30c13 

Wales, National Library C110a32, C121c1 

Wagner Binder C154c22 (signed) 

Walker, [J.] & Son, of 

Plymouth 


Walker, W. Binder C130c8 (Hammersmith) 

Walker, W. T. Binder C129m19, C129m20 

Wallet C143a9 (sheepskin wallet, French, 

19th century?) 

Wallington, Nehemiah Owner Add MS 40,883 (initials 'NW' 

stamped on cover; MS note says book 

owned by Nehemiah Wallington, a 

Puritan; book has his signature)

Wallis, R. Binder C20c32, C52b5, C55l2, C70e19, 

C71cc19, C71e10, C117bb34, 

C125dd6, C127a12, 7917a48 (signed) 

Wallis (of Lloyd & 

Wallis) 

Binder C55l2 (signed 'Wallis') 

Wallworth Binder C52cc2 (London) 

Walmsley, H. Binder C152a8 (signed, late 18th century, 

Lancaster) 

Walmsley, J., 29 Church 

Street, Liverpool 

Binder C188a83 (ticket) 

Walpole, Horace Owner C40d62, C40c24, C65g20, C108ppp4 

(by Robiquet), G5698 

Walpole, Robert Owner 78i16 

Walters Owner C66f8? 

Walters, C. Binder C133c3, Collins 986 

Walters, Henry Owner Davis555 (B: E. Mercier) 

Walters, John, Port Hope, 

C.W. 


Walther Binder C155c6 (attributed to; same as 

Walther, H.?) 

Walther, H. Binder C17c6?, C19d4, C19g9, 91g9 and 

91g10 (label), 92g1 and 92g2 

(signed), 189d8 (ticket), 679k6 

(signed), G9739-42 (signed), G10430 

(signed), G12115 (signed), Davis172, 

item 195 (1791, London, signed 

'bound by H. Walther, 1791'), C155c7 

(Ramsden collection, signed), C152a9 

(signed) 

Wampflug/Reymann Binder C116e15 

Ward Brothers, 40 

Fountain St., Belfast, also 

named as Marcus Ward 


Ward, Marcus Binder C152a10 (Ramsden collection, 

signed), C152a11 (signed); Belfast 

Wardale, I.R., Mr Owner C143c2 (awarded prize at Mr 

Hodgson's Academy, Leeds; name 

and date 1791 gold tooled on lower 

cover) 

Wardley of Guernsey Binder Collins 904 

Wardley & Arnold of 

Guernsey 


Ware Davis56, item 30, c. 1540. Ware 

family arms added later 

Warren & Sons, 

Winchester 

Binder Collins 250

Warren (Old Bond 

Street?) 

Waterford School Owner C104a23 

Waterman, Fore Street, 

Devonport 

Waterston, Geo & Sons, 

Edinburgh & London 

Binder C150a11 (signed), C188a91 



Walters, P. Binder C128k2 

Watkins (presumably the 

same as LM Watkins 

below) 

Watkins, Gravel Lane 

(related to the above and 

below?) 

Watkins, LM, 47 St. 

John’s Sq., London 


Collins 680, Collins 681,Collins 682, 

Collins 683,Collins 684, Collins 685, 






Watkins Binder 1106b7 (label), C152a13 (Ramsden

Watkins, T. B. of 

Hereford 

Watkins & Son of 

Abergavenny 

collection, signed); binder to British 

and Foreign Bible Society; 19th 

century, London 



Watson, E[dward], 239 

Marylebone Rd., London 


Watson, Samuel Owner C65b14, C65i8 

Watt, James & Co., 22 

Argyle St., Glasgow 


Webb, Sargent Owner C142bb3 (name gold tooled on upper 

cover) 

Weale, W. H. James Collins 1029 

Weber, J. Binder C109m47 (20th century?) 

Weemys & Co. Binder RB23a17061 (binder's stamp) 

Weidle Binder C154c23 (signed) 

Weir Binder C150d15, C150d16, C152b1, C152b2, 

C152b3, C155c8, C156i8 (plain red 

morocco; bound with Weir ink stamp 

on pastedown) 

Weir, Richard/David Binder C24a12, C24a28 (or Roger Payne?), 

C38b10 (for Count MacCarthy- 

Reagh), C152b3 (part of Ramsden 

collection, attributed to Weir), C156i7 

(for Count MacCarthy-Reagh), 

C155c8 (attributed to Weir), G9007 

(for Count McCarthy-Reagh) 

Weischner, Lucas (1550- 

1609) 

Binder Davis693 item 347 (c. 1592; Jena. 

Portrait of Charles V. imperial arms 

on lower cover) 

Weisse, Franz (Hamburg) Binder C129i20 (20th century, Germany) 

Welcher Binder C150a12 (signed) 

Welcher and L. 

Staggemeier 

Binder C1d8 

Weldenstein, Cerno de Owner C65i15 (Joan Joseph) 

Wells, H. G. Designer 

(?) 

Collins 856 

Wells & Grant Binder Collins 699 (?) 

Wendesley, R. Binder C109aaa7 (initials gold tooled on 

16th-century English binding), 

Davis200, item 150 (c. 1701 London, 

initials 'RW' on spine) 

Went, Francis of 

Leominster 

Binder C150d13 (signed; 19th century)

Wenzel, Christoph, Count 

von Nostitz (1643-1712) 

Owner C129k12 (library binding and 

bookplate of Wenzel) 

Werden IB3486 (Schunke/Schwenke II, p. 280 

and p. 58 I-0), IB2955 and IC891 

(both have internal evidence that they 

are from the library of St Leger,

Werner, Arno of 

Pittsfield, Massachusetts 

Werden) 

Binder Cup410bb8 

West Binder C129b11 (binder's label), C150d14 

(signed, Ramsden collection, binder's 

label), 11646s19 (binder's stamp in 

blind on lower pastedown), C152a14 

(signed), 19th century 

West, 13 High St., 

Maidenstone 

West, Benjamin, 

Clerkenwell 



704, Collins 705, Collins 706, 


West, James Owner C37c53, C48a25, C11b8 (rebacked 

for James West) 

West, Ann F[rances], 52 

Hatton Garden, London 

West, John, 52 Hatton 

Garden, London 

Westall, John, of Oxford, 

16th century 



Binder C193c1 (blind tooled 'IW' roll), 

C188a77 

Westerman, M. Binder C154g23 (19th century, Dutch) 

Western Mail [bindery], 

Cardiff 


Westley, F[rancis], Binder RB23a16863 (binder's ticket), 19th 

Friar Street 

century, England, Collins 711, 


718 

Westley, Josiah Binder Collins 714, Collins 719 

Westley London Binder Collins 712, Collins 720 

Westley & Clark, see 

also Westleys & Co. 

Binder C30a4, C30k2, RB23b2446 (binder's 

ticket), Collins 713 

Westleys & Co. (London) Binder C40c43, C44c5, C44d7-8, C109c4, 

C109d8, C109d20, C117bb32, 

C132g1, Davis264-265, item 215 (c. 

1835, London, signed 'Westley 

London'), 11650b56, C188a18 

Westleys & Co. Binder Collins 710, Collins 721 

Weston, S[amuel], 

5 Orange Street, Red 

Lion Square 


Wheeler Binder C36d6 

Whitaker, John Binder C1a4?, C1c11?, C66c15 (1780) 

White (London) Binder C62a18, C152a15 (Ramsden 


White, [J.], 24 Pall Mall, 

London 

Binder Collins 722, Collins 723

Whitgift, John, 

Archbishop of 

Canterbury 

White, H. & Sons, of 

Carmathen 

White, R. & 

Sons of 

Carmarthen 

White, Samuel, of 

Armagh 

White & Pike, 

Birmingham 

Whiteley, W[illiam], 

Westbourne Grove, 

London 

Owner C24a17, 569i8, 477e6 



Binder C152a16 (signed), Collins 306, 

Collins 307 



Whithed, Constance Owner C142a5 ('Constance' tooled on upper 

cover, 'Whithed' on lower cover) 

Whiting, Richard, Abbot 

of Glastonbury (16th 

century) 

Whitmore, H., 109 

Market St., Manchester 

Owner Add MS 17451 (binding features his 

rebus) 


Wickwar Binder C156i6 (signed) 

Wiener of Nancy Binder C154d1 (signed) 

Wiener Werkstaette Binder C109l34 (20th century, Austria) 

Wier Binder C152b1 (signed), C150d15 (signed), 

C150d16 (signed), C152b2 (signed), 

C156i8 (signed) 

Wier, Richard, see also Owner C37e13, C24b28

Weir 

Wighton, [William 

Alfred], Pimlico 


Wignall, Henry Clarence Binder C188b25 

Wilbee, W. J., of 

Harrow 

Wilkin & Young-Man of 

Norwich 

Binder ?Collins 257, ?Collins 258, ?Collins 

259 


William III Owner 7f10 (arms), 10a19 (arms and cypher), 

15a27, (William's cypher, by Spaniel 

Binder), 47g13 (arms), 53a18 

(cypher), 75i6, 112e68 (cypher), 2c1, 

143f23 (cypher), 218c20 (cypher), 

220c16 (cypher), 223a31 (cypher), 

224b34 (cypher), 230h26-32 (cypher), 

232a35 (cypher), 232b37 (cypher), 

232b38 (cypher), 238m40 (cypher), 

288b2 (cypher), 288b25 (cypher), 

296g29 (cypher), 302c1 (cypher), 

C70c27, C47a24, 17h9 (by Richard 

Balley) 

William III and Mary II, 

see also William III 

William III Binder Binder 154f9 

William Frederick 

George Louis Prince of 

Orange (1792-1849) 

William IV (reign 1830- 

1837) 

William Prince of Orange Owner C46c13 

William V Statthalter (?) Owner C48f18 

Williams (Bristol) Binder C109c5 

Williams, John, Bishop of 

Lincoln 

Williams, John, Lord of 

Thame 

Owner C48l4, C108b27, 1tab55, 1tab77, 

7tab78, 4a6, 6a11, 8f4, 31e7, 51a20, 

64h5, 75b15 (plain and arms), 81h15, 

93d14, 93d15, 170a13 (plain and 

arms), 224b34, 230h26-32 

Owner C188a13 (arms, binder's label of van 

Rossum) 

Owner C51f1 (as William Duke of Clarence), 

C21e15 

Owner C67i2 

father of Margeret Norreys, see Henry 

and Margeret Norreys 

Williams, Theodore Owner C46e27, C48e23, C25c11, C25d20, 

C31e9, G3992, G7948, 622h7, G1598 

(arms and initials), G1867 (arms), 

G2109 (arms and initials), G3992 

(initials and crest), G11951-11956 

Williams, William of 

Penniarth Uchaf 

Owner C40c66 

Williamson of Eton Binder C67d16 (for Somerset), C128k3 (for 

Somerset), C27g7, 532g9

Williamson (Lincoln) Binder PP2468.0 (Renshaw's Pocket Diary 

and Almanac for 1877 and 1878) 

Williamston Owner C66f24 

Willis, George Binder bookbinder Great Britain, Covent 

Garden, receipt in 4408d17 

Willis & Sotheran (?) Binder C40k14 (?), C117aa5 (?) 

Willmott, Robert 

Eldridge Aris 

Owner C152b11 (arms) 

Willoughby, Althea Binder Collins 726 

Wills, A., 123-5 Church 

St., Croydon 


Wilmot, C[harles] 

11 St. James’s Street 

[Brighton] 


Wilson of Cambridge Binder Collins 256 

Wilson, Nicols, see also 

Nicols 

Binder Davis705 (for Joseph Bonaparte) 

Wilson, J[ohn], 2 Francis 

St., Golden Sq. (vol 1) & 

32 Gt. Pulteney St. Golden 

Sq. (vol 3) 


Wilson, John (Norwich) Binder bookbinder's advertisement slip, 

1780? 

Wilson, 10 Foley Place Binder RM21f10 (19th century, England) 

Wilson, 32 Great 

Pulteney St. Golden Sq. 

Binder 122i1 (label), C152b4 (signed) 

Wilson, Susan Spring Binder Cup510nah2 (orange perspex slipcase, 

orange and purple printed cloth 

binding, colophon 1976), C188b73 

Wiltshire, W. R. Binder Cup408zz43 

Windhag, Joachim, Baron 

von 

Winstanley, A. 

(Salisbury) 

Winstanley, J. 

(81 Fountain 

St, 

Manchester) 

Owner 9305a7 

Binder C133h5 

Binder C33d23, C37b30, C57c45, C108c14 

(label), C155c10 (label, signed), 

Collins 261 

Winter of Vienna Binder C154f9 (signed) 

Winterbottom Book Cloth 

Company Ltd. 


Wis Binder C43i3, C99l8-9, C100m1, C103k8, 

C116g8 

Wiseman of Cambridge Binder C152b5 (signed), C152b6 (signed), 

C152b7 (signed)

W. Witheys of 

Bridgwater 


Wodhull, Michael Owner C69d19, C150d15 (arms), 68b13 

(Michael Woodhull:446), G652 

(arms), G3305 (arms), G7767 (arms) 

Wolkenstein-Rodenegg Owner C46k5 

Wolsey, Cardinal Owner C19e15 (arms of Cardinal Wolsey) 

Wolton Binder C24e19, C47f12 

Wolton, Edward Owner C68b9 

Womersley, E.P. Binder Davis300, item 244, dated 1957; 

signed 'EPW' 

Wood for wood boards - 

American see American 

C108x7 (The pilgrim's progress, 

London 1881; with sides of oak taken

indings - wooden boards from Elstow Church), C129a19 

('made from the wood of Old-Galloak 

tree at Donne Castle'), 19th century, 

England 

Wood - boards - 

American, see American 

bindings - wooden boards 

Wood Binder C27c37, C38d31, C54bb23, C57e44, 

C98c8, C100c11, C100l11, C100l14, 

C100l20, C102h8, C108cc6, C110b16 

Wood, H. Binder Collins 731 

Wood, H.T. Binder C68h12, C99l13, C100c11, C102h8, 

C102l6, C108cc6, C100a6, Collins 

Woodburn, H. (112 St 

Martin's Lane) 


Binder G3508 (binder's ticket), G1514 

(binder's ticket), G4976 (binder's 

ticket), 19th century, England 

Woodcut bindings C65g9 (Ferrara; woodcuts pasted over 

pasteboard to form a case) see Broxb. 

Woodward, James Binder C66k10 ('in Frederik Street in 

Christopher Churchyard bound this 

book' (stamp)) 

Woolfe Owner C66f17 

Woolman of Stockton on 

Tees 


Woolstencroft Binder C71e27, C152b9 (signed R 

Woolstencroft of Warrington; 19th 

century) 

Wootton of Cambridge Binder C155c11 (signed) 

Worrall of Birmingham Binder C106d4, Collins 265, Collins 266, 


Collins 270 

Worsfold Binder C55h6, C108aa6, C135c1, Collins 733 

Workshop for Cripples Binder Collins 263, Collins 264 

Wotton Binder Binder Davis348, 349, 373, 372, 339, 393, 

404, 392, 391, 390, 337, 338 

Wotton, Thomas (1521- 

1587) 

Owner C24e25, C46d5, C67d11, C69d17, 

C170f2 (1552 binding), C170f4, 

C170f1, C170f3 (+ arms; C170f1-4: 

these loans have now been returned 

and are not in the BL, Feb. 1995), 

C23a1, C19g7, C47f12, C108d45, 

Davis22 (item 39, c. before 1553, 

probably London, arms of Thomas 

Wotton in centre), Davis340, 371, 

370, 336 

Woven binding C65h1 (England, 17th century, or 

possibly using 'Or nue' gold 

embroidery technique)

Wrangham, Archdeacon 620i41 (arms; pm by Hayday) 

Wren Owner C60o14 

Wren, John (Southwark) Binder 1578/6791 (included in subscription 

list of Th. Crosby, The arithmetician's 

guide) 

Wright Owner C68c15 

Wright, J. Binder C22a54, C29f18, C32m1, C34g15, 

C39d6, C39d66, C39k2, C52b7, 

C53b34, C97g2, C108ff2, C111aa28, 

Huth103, Huth149, C152b10 (signed) 

(England, 19th century) 

[John] Wright of Binder Collins 734 (2 vols) 

Noel Street 

Wubben & Co, Berlin Binder Collins 857 

Wuerttemberg arms C104d7 (1-2; arms on upper and 

lower cover, 16th century), C104d9 

(arms on upper and lower cover, 16th 

century), C189c20 (1-2), Davis 625 

(item 339, c. 1617, arms on lower 

cover) 

Wuerttemberg bindings Davis 677 (item 338, with date 1562), 

Davis 625 (item 339, with date 1652), 

Davis 628 (item 340, c. 1570) 

Wyly, J.C. of Reading Binder C152b11 (signed) 

Wyld (James) Binder? Collins 735a and b 

Wynants Binder C154d2 (signed) 

Wyndham Owner C67g7 

Wynkyn de Worde Binder Davis52 (c. 1508; employer of Caxton 

Binder) 

Y 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

"Yapp" edges many examples (see rubbings book), e.g. 

Eg MS 1218 (Germany, 16th century, 

vellum), Eg MS1219 (16th century, 

vellum) C127g29 (England, 19th 

century, on cloth), only 19th century and 

after bindings with three overlapping 

edges can really be called "Yapp" 

Yeatman, T.C. Binder C108d2 

Yelf, [W.], of 

Newport [IoW] 

Binder Collins 271

Yelverton, Henry C67g12, C21a51, C45b12, 502g5, 

C11a27, 137f16, 4825c24 (rebound, 

original covers, doublures), G2409 

(rebound, initials preserved on 

pastedown), G3323 (initials), 1651/1132 

(Viscount Longueville) 

Yerkes, C.T. Owner C130i9

York, Card. 

(Archbishops and 

Bishops) 

Owner C46b16 

York, James, Duke of Owner C67i8 

Young, John, of 

Armagh 


Ysabeau Binder C154d4 (signed), C154d3 (signed) 

Yseux Sr de Simier Binder C107bb96 (1839) 

Z 

Name Owner or 

Binder 

Shelfmark 

Zabern of Strasbourg Binder C156h6 (signed) 

Zaehnsdorf Binder C25e14, C25e17, C25f2, C27h16, 

C31d25, C31d26, C36d10, C38c10, 

C30h14, C30h15, C38d28, C39d34, 

C40k6, C52h1, C53c2, C57a6, C57d1 

(1897), C58bb13, C61e8, C63l25, C68g2, 

C68g7, C68h19 (1904), C68i17 (1932), 

C68k2, C69h10, C68i15, C69h11, 

C72a12, C95a9, C100l18, C103h10, 

C108b1, C108c3, C108i1, C108t2 

(1862), C108t3, C111c12, C112b25, 

C122d7, C128h5, C130i9, C126a9, 

C131d1, C132g13, C132g26, C132g32, 

C132g34, C132g42, C132g46, C132g59, 

C132g67, C132g71, C129k4, IB41701 

(signed), Huth115, Tab438a1, 

Tab1281a1, LR38a13, LR274b6, 1068d8, 

1073i15, 7858cc20, 11409ee21, 

Davis266 (item 218, c. 1842-45, London 

Cathedral, ticket), Davis267 (item 219, 

dated 1895, London, turn-in of upper 

cover signed and dated 'bound by 

Zaehnsdorf 1895', turn-in of lower cover 

has Zaehnsdorf's binder's mark), 

Davis268 (item 220, c. 1896, London, 

signed and binder's mark), Davis234 

(item 221, c. 1899, London, signed and 

binder's mark), C156i9 (signed, 

Zaehnsdorff 993), 733c3 (calf "pasta 

espanol"), images reproduced in Collins 

1020 (see also Middleton, Bernard), 



Zezzio Binder C154d5 (signed) 

Zini, Silvio Binder C52aa20 (binder's label, Florence (mod))

Binding Index - British Library

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