COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1500740
Reference Number:
Aldine 2805
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Lower cover
Parent Work Title:
Luciani Opuscula / Erasmo Roterodamo interprete..
Creator:
Lucian of Samosata
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1516
Publication Details:
Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri
Page/Sheet:
Lower cover
Description:
Lower cover binding: Sixteenth-century full brown morocco; multiple blind and gilt fillets to form a border; centre panel with gilt interlaced strapwork; at centre of lower cover: Portio Mea Domine Sit In Terra Viventium [motto of Jean Grolier]; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins; five raised bands to spine; gilt-tooling; all edges gilt.
Keyword:
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Language Code:
lat-IT
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Satire, Greek -- Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Technique Used:
Blind tooling
Medium:
Gilt paint
Support:
Leather
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Grolier, Jean, 1479-1565, former owner, former owner
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
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-09-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Lower cover
