Detail View: Rylands Collection: Prima

Image Number: 
JRL1003051dc
Reference Number: 
Incunable 17659
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Prima
Parent Work Title: 
Decamerone
Creator: 
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Valdarfer, Christoph, active 1470-1488
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1471
Publication Details: 
Venice : Christophorus Valdarfer
Page/Sheet: 
a2r
Image Sequence Number: 
a002r
Description: 
Full page of text from Giovanni Boccaccio's (1313-1375) 'Decamerone'. The text is introduced by an decorated initial 'Q'.
Language Code: 
ita-IT
Subject: 
Printing--History
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Item Height: 
300 mm
Item Width: 
210 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance: 
Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840, former owner
Provenance: 
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-11-12
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB