Detail View: Rylands Collection: Binding of book
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Image Number:
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JRL240302099
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Reference Number:
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R52153
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Binding of book
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Parent Work Title:
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Vlyssis Aldrouandi patricij Bononiensis Monstrorum historia: Cum Paralipomenis historiæ omnium animalium
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Date Created:
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17th century
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Description:
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Seventeenth-century Italian [possibly Bologna] full red goatskin fanfare binding over paste boards; tooled in gilt, with lines; a double border roll; a quarter fan in each corner; the centre panel divided into compartments by double fillets; the compartments are filled with fans and interlaced scrolling; crown and coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscay on front and rear boards [probably Cosimo III (1642-1723), son of the dedicatee, who amassed the largest library in Europe]; smooth spine; sewn on six cords, laced in; spine tooled in gilt to match boards; traces of three pairs of ties; gilt-tooled board edges; all edges gilt, gauffered and painted.
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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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Sub-Category:
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Coats of arms
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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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Medium:
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Paint
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Support:
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Goatskin
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Support:
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Paper
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723, former owner
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Provenance:
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Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708-1765, former owner
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Provenance:
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Toovey, James, 1814-1893, 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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Biblioteca medicea laurenziana, former owner
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Provenance:
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Reale Museo di fisica e storia naturale (Florence, Italy), former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2024-03-19
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2024-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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