Detail View: Rylands Collection: Upper cover

Image Number: 
JRL17070840
Reference Number: 
Aldine 1988
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Upper cover
Parent Work Title: 
In hoc volumine haec continentur. Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII : M. T. Ciceronis de inuentione lib. II. Eiusdem de oratore ad Quintum fratrem lib. III. Eiusdem de claris oratoribus, qui dicitur Brutus: lib. I. Eiusdem orator ad Brutum lib. I. Eiusdem topica ad Trebatium lib. I. Eiusdem oratoriæ partitiones lib. I. Eiusdem de optimo genere oratorum præfatio quædam
Creator: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1514
Publication Details: 
Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri; Italy Venice.
Page/Sheet: 
Upper cover
Description: 
Bears the tool of two flower-heads in volutes, the basketwork corner pieces, and a spear-head on two curls
Keyword: 
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press
Language Code: 
lat
Language: 
Latin
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Blind tooling
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Support: 
Leather
Item Height: 
154 mm
Item Width: 
115 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, John, Earl, 1734 -1783, 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): 
2017-07-27
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-08
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB