COLLECTION NAME:
Dante Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1217274
Reference Number:
Aldine R213786
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Le terze rime di Dante
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Lo'nferno e'l Purgatorio e'l Paradiso di Dante Alaghieri
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Divina commedia
Translated Parent Work Title:
Divine Comedy
Creator:
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Display Creator:
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Date Created:
1502-08
Publication Details:
Venetiis: In aedib[us] Aldi. Accuratissime
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
001a
Description:
Upper cover binding: full binding in brown goatskin: double gilt fillets form a border and there is gilt tooling at the corners. The Aldine anchor and dolphin device is stamped in gilt on the front board.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Leather
Item Height:
162 mm
Item Width:
115 mm
Item Depth:
30 mm
Provenance:
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901
Provenance:
Galius, Nicolaus, former owner
Provenance:
Bullock, Walter Llewellyn, 1890-1944, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
Second state printing: this copy has the Aldine device on the verso of the final leaf.
Upper cover binding
