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Detail View: Rylands Collection: Colophon

Image Number: 
JRL1505088
Reference Number: 
3356
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Colophon
Parent Work Title: 
Lucretius..
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
De rerum natura
Creator: 
Lucretius Carus, Titus
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Navagero, Andrea, 1483-1529
Creator Role: 
Editor
Date Created: 
1515
Publication Details: 
Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri
Page/Sheet: 
q6r
Description: 
Colophon and register of signatures. Colophon reads: Venetiis in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri mense Ianuario M.D.XV.
Keyword: 
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Language Code: 
lat-IT
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Printing--History
Subject: 
Latin poetry--Early works to 1800
Subject: 
Philosophy, Ancient
Category of Material: 
Printed
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance: 
Mordaunt Cracherode, Clayton, 1730-1799, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Notes: 
The second Aldine edition, and the only one in pocket size to be issued by the press. The last book to be published before the death of Aldus the Elder in February 1515. The previous edition was prepared by Girolamo Avanzio, and published in 1500. Cited from Bibliotheca Aldina.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2014-11-04
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2014-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands