COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1500812
Reference Number:
Aldine R52150
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover
Parent Work Title:
Le terze rime di Dante
Creator:
Cesconi, Domenico, da Verona, active 1839
Creator:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1502
Publication Details:
Venetiis : In aedib[us] Aldi. Accuratissime
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover
Description:
Binding: Sixteenth-century Italian full dark brown leather; gilt fillet and gilt geometrical design of interlacing painted strapwork, filled with gilt tools, to form a border; inner frame of blind-tooled interlaced ribbons; central panel of interlaced painted strapwork of curves and straight lines; gilt-lettered at centre of upper board: Dante / Terze rime / M.DI; two pairs of doves on spine; smooth spine with gilt and painted strapwork decoration and gilt-tooled.
Keyword:
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Epic poetry, Italian -- Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Technique Used:
Blind tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Leather
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bullock, Walter Llewellyn, 1890- , former owner
Provenance:
Grolier, Jean, 1479-1565, former owner
Provenance:
Roberts, David Lloyd, 1834-1920, former owner
Provenance:
Gallus, Nicolaus, 1516-1570, former owner
Provenance:
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, 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
Upper cover
