Receipt for bookbinding prepared by J. Henderson and Bisset, Hill St, Edinburgh

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1648
• Dates of Creation:1879-1880
• Name of Creator:
  J. Henderson & Bisset, Bookbinders (Edinburgh)nn
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  This Edinburgh bookbinders receipt, part-printed and completed in ms, acknowledges payment for binding five works including Racine in half-French calf, Fables de la Fontaine and Public General Statutes for £1 7s 9d and lettering the contents.

  A single sheet, lined blue-tinted paper-stock, engraved royal crest, decorative italic, shadow and gothic title fonts, folded for sending.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  James Henderson & William Bisset & Co., Edinburgh, were Bookbinders to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

  Initially, James Henderson, bookbinder, conducted business at 25 James Square, in 1824, at 4 West Register Street and in Craig's Close, 1825. The firm of Henderson, Bisset & Co., were located at 12 West Market Street in 1826, and in Mound Place from 1827 to 1829. then, Henderson & Bisset, was located at East Mound Place, in 1830, at 21 George Street, 1831-36, and then at 19 Hill Street, 1837. While Bookbinders to Her Majesty they conducted business at the same address, 1838-92, and then at 51 North Hanover Street, from 1893 until the 20th Century.

  Henderson was said to have been a pupil of Charles Lewis (1786–1836), a prominent English bookbinder.

  The National Library of Scotland has a specimen book of their binding tools 1860.

• Access Information

  Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.

• Acquisition Information

  Acquired from Alastor Rare Books, Lymington, June 2015. Accession no: E2015.48.

• Archivist's Note

  Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 12 June 2015