Detail View: Dante Collection: Aldine binding
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Image Number:
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JRL1500812
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Reference Number:
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R52150
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Aldine binding
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Parent Work Title:
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Le terze rime di Dante
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Creator:
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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Creator Role:
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Author
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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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1502
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Publication Details:
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Venetiis: In aedib[us] Aldi. Accuratissime
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper cover and Spine
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Description:
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Sixteenth-century Italian full dark brown leather; gilt fillet and gilt geometrical design of interlacing painted strapwork, filled with gilt tools, to form a border; inner frame of blind-tooled interlaced ribbons; central panel of interlaced painted strapwork of curves and straight lines; gilt-lettered at centre of upper board: Dante / Terze rime / M.DI; spine with gilt and painted strapwork decoration and gilt-tooled; two pairs of doves on spine.
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Language:
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Italian
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Gold tooling
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Leather
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Creation Site:
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Italy: Venice
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Provenance:
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Bullock, Walter Llewellyn, 1890- , former owner
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Provenance:
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Grolier, Jean, 1479-1565, former owner
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Provenance:
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Roberts, David Lloyd, 1834-1920, former owner
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Provenance:
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Gallus, Nicolaus, 1516-1570, former owner
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Provenance:
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Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, former owner
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Rights Holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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