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Suenonius Mandelgreen
] Suenonius Mandelgreen was one of the top Dutch eighteenth-century bookbinders and was also a publisher, translator and auctioneer. Bookbinder Suenonius Mandelgreen was a bookbinder from Sweden. He was born in Uppsala and learned the trade of bookbinding in his native country, including stamping book covers in gold leaf. He then worked in Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg (Dutch Republic) from 1736 onwards, until his death in 1758. Until the eighteenth century, it was customary for a publisher to only publish the book block. People could choose a bookbinder to provide it with a (luxury) binding of their choice, as happened with the illustrated copy of the Van Borssele van de Hooge family. The book block of this work was printed by Pieter Gillissen in Middelburg. ] A very special book binding by Mandelgreen is in the possession of the Royal Library of the Netherlands (KB). It is the binding ''Kern der Nederlandsche historie'' (Core of Dutch history), which is actually a cassette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1710
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Saturday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – In Prussia, Cölln is merged with Alt-Berlin by Frederick I to form Berlin. * January 4 – Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, two days before he is due to be executed for murder, escapes from the Edinburgh Tolbooth by exchanging clothes with his sister. * February 17 – Mauritius, a Dutch colony since 1638, is abandoned by the Dutch. * February 28 (Swedish calendar) February 27 (Julian). March 10 (Gregorian) – Battle of Helsingborg: Fourteen thousand Danish invaders, under Jørgen Rantzau, are decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish army, under Magnus Stenbock. * March 1 – The Sacheverell riots start in London with an attack on an elegant Presbyterian meeting-house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, followed by riots through the West End of Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
