Aristotelis Rhetoricorum libri tres, . Hermolao Barbaro patricio Veneto interprete. Danielis Barbari in eosdem libros commentarii. Cum locuplete rerum & uerborum indice.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1545
Materials
Measurements
175 x 123 x 55 mm
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3089931
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: sewn outside hook me ms parchment and ms doc on handmade laid paper. The stubs of both pasted to the board before covering Structure: English Edges: plain cut, coloured yellow and polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no linings End Bands: worked 2x2 L-R in blue and white thread over tanned cores Bookmark: None Boards: paper pulp, back-cornered, all slips laced , perpendicularly Covering: dark brown tanned calf, polished Tooling Spine: blind-tooled t/t/t fill at head and tail of each panel (including kettle bands) Tooling Sides: blind-tooled t/t/t fillet border and single panel with external corner fleurons and central arabesque tool (used twice back to back) Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[16],679 [i.e.: 769],[43]p. . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: Iohannes Watsonnis [sixteenth-century], manuscript annotations throughout in same hand.. Binding: Sixteenth-century full calf; blind fillets to form a panel; blind centrepiece; sewn onto four raised leather thongs; manuscript waste: two partial leaves of a fifteenth-century glossed text on vellum; one partial manuscript leaf on paper.
Makers and roles
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Daniel Barbaro (1514-1570) Patriarch of Aquileia Ermolao Barbaro (1454 - 1493) Patriarch of Aquileia