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