COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22314744
Reference Number:
3090
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Manuscript note attached to inner lower cover
Parent Work Title:
Lactantii Firmiani de diuinis institutio[n]ibus aduersus gentes rubrice p[ri]mi libri incipiu[n]t..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Works. 1465
Creator:
Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Antonio, da Rho, active 15th century
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Master of the Barbo Missal, active 15th century
Creator Role:
Illuminator
Creator:
Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1465-10-29
Publication Details:
Subiaco: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
Page/Sheet:
Inner lower cover
Description:
Eighteenth century manuscript note on piece of paper attached to inner lower cover, beginning: "C'est ici le célebre exemplaire de la première Edition de Lactance, dont il est par lé dans l'Avertissement du Catal. du Duc dela Vallière, additions: page 18. et qui a appartenu à l'Abbé Ghesquiere ...". According to Dibdin, this note was written by Count Reviczky and the book "appears to have been the Abbé Glesquiere's; and the 'only perfect one known out of Italy'" -- cf. T.F. Dibdin, Bibliotheca Spenceriana, vol. I, pp. 204-208 (no. 92). The Abbot Ghesquiere probably was Joseph Hippolyte Ghesquière (1731-1802), historian and numismatist, Abbot of Caudenburg Abbey (Abbaye du Coudenberg in Brussels?).
Language:
French
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Subiaco
Item Height:
330 mm
Item Width:
225 mm
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Reviczky von Revisnye, Karl Emerich Alexander, Graf von, 1737-1793, former owner
Provenance:
Ghesquiere, J. (Joseph), 1731-1802, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Educational Notes:
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
JRL22314744
