COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233102947
Reference Number:
18452
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Bookplate of Stanesby Alchorne
Parent Work Title:
[P]lurimoru[m] astrictus p[re]cibus: quoru[m] p[ri]de[m] mee i[n]troductionis eloq[ui]u[m] i[n] fac[u]ltate logice mentes demulserat vt suo i[n] n[atur]alib[us] p[ro]port[i]o[n]is m[od]o physicisq[ue] doctrinis formare[m] [com]pendiu[m]. ...
Creator:
Paolo, Veneto, approximately 1370-1428
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Johann, von Köln, active 1471-1491
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Manthen, Johann, active 1471-1481
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1476
Publication Details:
Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen
Page/Sheet:
Inner lower cover
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Stanesby Alchorne (1727-1800), Master of the Mint, on rear pastedown: 'Stanesby Alchorne, Tower of London'. Alchorne's library was purchased by the bookseller Thomas Payne, offered to Lord Spencer in 1806 for £1200, declined by him and sold to Thomas Johnes (1748-1816) of Hafod. In February 1813, Johnes offered the Alchorne books to Lord Spencer who bought them for £3500.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bookplates
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
People Covered:
Alchorne, Stanesby, -1800
Item Height:
290 mm
Item Width:
206 mm
Provenance:
Madiis, Andrea de, of Padua, former owner
Provenance:
Luttrell, Narcissus, 1657-1732, former owner
Provenance:
Alchorne, Stanesby, -1800, former owner
Provenance:
Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816, former owner
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, 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
JRL233102947
