COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022933tr
Reference Number:
Incubable 7776
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Frogs ask Jupiter for a King
Parent Work Title:
Vita et Fabulae
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Aesop's fables
Creator:
Aesop
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1476
Publication Details:
Ulm: Johann Zainer
Description:
Illustrated: hand-coloured woodcut: The Frogs ask Jupiter for a King. Text in Latin and German. Rotunda typeface.
Language Code:
gmh-DE
Language Code:
lat
Subject:
Classical literature
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, May 2005
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Frogs ask Jupiter for a King
