finely bound by Hering

An excellent example of Whitby's Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament finely bound in dark blue morocco by Hering of 9 Newman Street, London.

The bindery was established on St. Martin's Street in London by the German immigrant Charles Hering Sr. in 1794, soon acquiring a reputation among the leading bibliophiles of the period as the artistic successor to Roger Payne.

Following Hering Sr.'s death in 1812 the bindery moved to 9 Newman Street where it continued in operation until 1845. The firm's reputation for fine craftsmanship was sufficient to carry it over the loss of its founder,growing in time to account the Prince Regent amongst its patrons. (See Judith Goldstein Marks, 'Bookbinding Practices of the Hering Family, 1794-1844', The British Library Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 1980).

Second edition; 2 vols; folio (32 x 21 cm); engraved folding map to rear of vol. 2, bookplate to front free endpaper verso of both vols, binder's ink stamp to verso of front marbled free endpapers, slightly toned with occasional moderate spotting; finely bound in the first-half of the 19th-century in dark blue morocco by Hering of 9 Newman St., London, covers tooled in gilt with an all-over design of acorns and fleurons around a central lozenge enclosing the arms of Rufford Abbey, gilt lattice spines, all edges gilt, minor wear to extremities and joints; [16], xlviii, 720, [12]; [8], xl, 742, [50]pp.

ESTC T94419.