Detail View: Rylands Collection: Gold-tooled doublure binding

Image Number: 
JRL022784tr
Reference Number: 
Spencer 18189
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Gold-tooled doublure binding
Parent Work Title: 
Storia di due nobili amanti colla loro pietosa morte
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Giulietta e Romeo
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Romeo and Juliet
Creator: 
Da Porto, Luigi, 1485-1529
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1819
Publication Details: 
Milan : Regia Stamperia
Page/Sheet: 
Inside upper cover
Image Sequence Number: 
000a
Description: 
Highly decorative gold-tooled doublure.
Subject: 
Italian literature
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Support: 
Vellum
Item Height: 
230 mm
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Notes: 
Da Porto's 'Giulietta e Romeo' is the source of Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet'.
Image Creation Technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, April 2004
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB