Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia
Title
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia
Creator
Thomas Forester, book's author
Publisher
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Date
1861
2nd edition
Contributor
Katherine Owens researched and wrote the event description for this book in 2018.
Description
For a description of the book, please click on the image of the event label/description or scroll to the bottom of the page for the section entitled "Text" for a transcription of the attached document.
Subject
History / Travel
Identifier
SPECIAL DC611 .C812 F8 1861
Language
English, book's contents
English, event description
English, event description
Relation
To see this book on November 15, 2018 in the “Event Photographs” Collection, please go here [Photograph of Books] 05444, [Photograph of Books] 05457, and here [Photograph of Books] IMG_0602.
Text
Transcript of event description:
RAMBLES IN THE ISLANDS OF CORSICA AND SARDINIA | THOMAS FORESTER | LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS | 1861 | 2ND EDITION
Unlike the other two armorials included in this event, this one tells us to whom it belonged: St. Leonard’s School. There is a St. Leonard’s in St. Andrews, Scotland and the form of the heraldic belt matches the style developed in the 19th century for Scottish crests. There is just one problem. St. Leonard’s was not founded until 1877 and this book was printed in 1861. Possibly, the school acquired the book after opening and had their crest stamped onto the front cover. However, their school crest does not match this one. A change in crests sometime between 1877 and now? Or perhaps, but even more unlikely, Rambles belonged to the St. Leonard’s Catholic Parochial School up in Illinois about whom we have even less information. Inside the front cover there is a book plate for William Frederick Prentice who was a friend of the Upchurch family. This book was donated by the Upchurch family in the 1990s or early 2000s to the Proctor Library
If you wish to look at the gorgeous red, white, and blue comb marbled endpapers, open carefully! The front cover has come completely loose and is held to the book by ugly red tape. Most of the spine is gone, but it must have been quite lovely in its day. The covers are made from what looks and feels like calf leather with a minimal acid treatment to create shadows around the edges, now red rotting. A peek inside is worth your time. Pay special attention to the detailed blind stamping along the square right up to the endpapers. Although the edges of the paper are darkening (typical for wood pulp paper of this time) and there is some foxing, the color lithographs, two-tone plates, steel-cut engravings, and maps scattered throughout are delightful.
RAMBLES IN THE ISLANDS OF CORSICA AND SARDINIA | THOMAS FORESTER | LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS | 1861 | 2ND EDITION
Unlike the other two armorials included in this event, this one tells us to whom it belonged: St. Leonard’s School. There is a St. Leonard’s in St. Andrews, Scotland and the form of the heraldic belt matches the style developed in the 19th century for Scottish crests. There is just one problem. St. Leonard’s was not founded until 1877 and this book was printed in 1861. Possibly, the school acquired the book after opening and had their crest stamped onto the front cover. However, their school crest does not match this one. A change in crests sometime between 1877 and now? Or perhaps, but even more unlikely, Rambles belonged to the St. Leonard’s Catholic Parochial School up in Illinois about whom we have even less information. Inside the front cover there is a book plate for William Frederick Prentice who was a friend of the Upchurch family. This book was donated by the Upchurch family in the 1990s or early 2000s to the Proctor Library
If you wish to look at the gorgeous red, white, and blue comb marbled endpapers, open carefully! The front cover has come completely loose and is held to the book by ugly red tape. Most of the spine is gone, but it must have been quite lovely in its day. The covers are made from what looks and feels like calf leather with a minimal acid treatment to create shadows around the edges, now red rotting. A peek inside is worth your time. Pay special attention to the detailed blind stamping along the square right up to the endpapers. Although the edges of the paper are darkening (typical for wood pulp paper of this time) and there is some foxing, the color lithographs, two-tone plates, steel-cut engravings, and maps scattered throughout are delightful.
Original Format
Book / Unpublished Print Document
Collection
Citation
Thomas Forester, book's author, “Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia,” Beautiful Books in Flagler College's Special Collections, accessed May 15, 2024, https://beautifulbooks.omeka.net/items/show/98.