Detail View: Rylands Collection: Upper cover

Image Number: 
JRL1500760
Reference Number: 
Aldine 17144
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Upper cover
Parent Work Title: 
M. T. C. epistolae familiares
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Epistolae ad familiares
Creator: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1502-04
Publication Details: 
Venetiis: in aedib. Aldi
Page/Sheet: 
Upper cover
Description: 
Binding: Eighteenth or nineteenth-century full brown leather; interlaced multiple gilt fillets, incorporating leaf and floral motifs, with Aldine device gilt stamped in centre; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins.
Keyword: 
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Language Code: 
lat-IT
Subject: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Correspondence
Subject: 
Latin letters--Early works to 1800
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Leather
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, 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): 
2014-09-11
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2014-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB