De quaesitis per epistolam libri III Aldi. Manutii Paulli. F. Aldi. N.
Aldo Manuzio (1547-1597)
Category
Books
Date
1576
Materials
Measurements
163 x 113 x 27 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3229369
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: 18.1Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Sewn single fold of plain white handmade laid paper within an outside hook of the same, the stub and outermost leaf pasted to the board. Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joint, no evidence of linings.End Bands: worked L-R 2x2 in red and white thread over a rolled paper core.Bookmark: NoneBoards: 2mm rope fibre board, no back cornering, all slips lacedangled up in the front board, down in the backCovering: full brown tanned calfTooling Spine: gold-tooled double fillet frames in each panel, centre and corner tools in panels 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6, roll across head and tail, lettering piece in panel 2Tooling Sides: gold-tooled double fillet border and roll on board edges.Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Coll. & perf.’ on front flyleaf
Bibliographic description
[8], 125, [3], 106, [6], 103, [1] p. ; 8vo. Former shelfmark: BC.sh.2. Running number: 6906. Provenance: manuscript inscription in unknown hand on front fly-leaf: "Coll. & perf." [i.e. "collated and perfect"]. Manuscript inscription in sixteenth- or seventeenth-century hand at head of title page: "Ro: Bynge" [i.e. Robert Bynge]. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn on five supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; rebacked (twentieth-century?) in calf, with panels of original gold-tooled spine and gilt title label; red sprinkled textblock edges. Seven blank fly-leaves bound-in at front and thirty-four blank fly-leaves bound-in at rear.
Makers and roles
Aldo Manuzio (1547-1597), author Aldo Manuzio (1547-1597), printer