COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022749tr
Reference Number:
R52146
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Grolier binding
Parent Work Title:
Macrobius 'Opera'
Creator:
Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Grolier, Jean
Creator Role:
Binding designer
Date Created:
1501
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover & spine
Description:
Binding commissioned, and possibly designed by the French bibliophile Jean Grolier [1476-1565]. Inscription, 'lo. Grolierii et Amicorvm' (of Jean Grolier and his friends).
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Time Period Covered:
16th Century CE
Item Height:
319 mm
Item Width:
218 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Bibliographic Citation:
Macrobius 'Opera' (Brescia [Italy]: Angelus Britannicus, 1501)
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Grolier binding
