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Detail View: Dante Collection: Binding of book

Image Number: 
JRL1217781
Reference Number: 
R213786
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Binding of book
Parent Work Title: 
Le terze rime di Dante
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Lo'nferno e'l Purgatorio e'l Paradiso di Dante Alaghieri
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Divina commedia
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Divine Comedy
Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547
Creator Role: 
Editor
Creator: 
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
Creator Role: 
Printer
Display Creator: 
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Date Created: 
1502-08
Publication Details: 
Venetiis: In aedib[us] Aldi. Accuratissime
Page/Sheet: 
Lower cover
Image Sequence Number: 
I001v
Description: 
Lower cover binding: full binding in brown goatskin: double gilt fillets form a border and there is gilt tooling at the corners.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Leather
Item Height: 
162 mm
Item Width: 
115 mm
Item Depth: 
30 mm
Provenance: 
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901
Provenance: 
Galius, Nicolaus, former owner
Provenance: 
Bullock, Walter Llewellyn, 1890-1944, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Notes: 
Second state printing: this copy has the Aldine device on the verso of the final leaf.