COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1500723
Reference Number:
R215208
Previous Accession Number:
Christie Coll. /35 a 9
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Double page opening of text with illustrations
Parent Work Title:
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet. Atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat..
Creator:
Colonna, Francesco, -1527
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Creator:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1499-12
Publication Details:
Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, for Leonardus Crassus
Page/Sheet:
Composite image
Description:
Digitally stitched image of leaves h7v-h8r with woodcut illustrations depicting Poliphilus led by Logistics and Queen Eleuterilyda before the three doors.
Language:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Language:
Latin
Language:
Italian
Subject:
Philosophy, Ancient
Subject:
Mythology, Greek
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Provenance:
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, former owner
Provenance:
Le Tellier, Louis François Marie, 1668-1701, former owner
Provenance:
La Force, Henri-Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de, former owner
Provenance:
Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris, France), former owner
Provenance:
Abbaye de Chaumont (Reims, France), former owner
Provenance:
Fontaines, Gilles de, -1697, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
JRL1500723
