COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233100176
Reference Number:
3463
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Armorial binding of Eugene, Prince of Savoy
Parent Work Title:
[N]am Valerium Asiaticu[m] bis consulem: fuisse quonda[m] adulteru[m] eius credidit: pariterq[ue] ortis inhians quos ille a lucullo captos insigni magnifice[n]tia extollebat. ...
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Works. Selections. 1473
Date Created:
18th century
Description:
Armorial binding of Eugene, Prince of Savoy (1663-1736); eighteenth-century full red goatskin over pasteboards; gilt border of single and double fillets with a leafy tool in each corner; arms of Prince Eugene of Savoy with collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and robe of state within oval stamped in gilt on both covers; gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Technique Used:
Gold stamping
Support:
Goatskin
Provenance:
Raphael, Placentinus, active 1475, former owner
Provenance:
Eugene, of Savoy, Prince of Savoy, 1663-1736, former owner
Provenance:
Reviczky von Revisnye, Karl Emerich Alexander, Graf von, 1737-1793, former owner
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Monastero di Santa Maria della Carità (Venice, Italy), 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:
Ed Potten
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
JRL233100176
