Bindings of Baskerville: Study of the bindings found on John Baskerville’s editions in the British Isles and abroad (18th-19th century)
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Résumé
The thesis examines the different types of bindings found on John Baskerville’s editions from a material perspective, to understand the market for his editions in the British Isles and abroad from the middle of the 18th century to the first quarter of the 19th century. This project first focuses on the context of production of the bindings created in Baskerville’s supposed workshop, sometimes called the ‘Baskerville bindery’. The aim is to understand Baskerville’s exact involvement in this workshop’s production and shed light on the place of the printer in the book trade. John Baskerville (1706-1775), the eighteenth-century English printer and typefounder from Birmingham, extended his interest in bookmaking to the manufacture of specific bindings involving a workshop in Birmingham. Little is known of the exact context in which these were produced, the extent of Baskerville’s involvement and their intended market. As a result, more than 2700 Baskerville editions were surveyed, and binding descriptions were recorded, which led to the creation of a database based on the CIDOC-CRM which is a novel contribution to heritage documentation (CIDOC-CRM is a Conceptual Reference Model designed by CIDOC, ICOM International Committee for Documentation). This large survey resulted in the identification of 114 bindings produced by the workshop that Baskerville employed to bind his editions. The examination of the decorative motifs tooled, as well as the structural and material features, allowed the identification of the style and characteristics of these bindings, as well the modus operandi of the workshop and bookbinders at work. Baskerville’s involvement in the binding of his own imprints probably started as early as 1757, but soon grew into a more elaborate and defined venture thanks to his association with different bookbinders leading to the establishment of new decorative features, through tool design and innovative marbling. The provenance evidence found on this group of bindings revealed that he was likely offering this binding service to local customers. The present research also explores the rest of the bindings found, which constitute most of the books surveyed, and draws connections with other bookbinders at work at the time and slightly later until the early 19th century. As a result, the scope of the study widens to include a material and provenance analysis of the types of bindings that can be found on Baskerville’s editions to study the market for them, and Baskerville’s place in the book trade.
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Prédiction machine sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Le volet Gemma est une étiquette directe du modèle pour chaque travail de la base, lue sur la notice réduite au titre. Le volet Codex est un classifieur appris des 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et calibré sur les taux pondérés de l'échantillon; les champs sans appui suffisant ne portent aucun appel Codex. Le mode candidate est l'union des deux volets; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont pas des étiquettes humaines.
Scores du classifieur distillé par catégorie (deux têtes)
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,002 | 0,005 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,001 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,006 | 0,008 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,012 | 0,006 |
| Communication savante | 0,007 | 0,003 |
| Science ouverte | 0,001 | 0,003 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,001 | 0,002 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,019 | 0,002 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule source (Gemma direct ou Codex distillé), pas un consensus.
Le détail, modèle par modèle et score par score, se trouve en fin de page sous « Comment cette classification a été obtenue ».