De bello rhodio
Book
1527 (published)
1527 (published)
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Bound in brown goatskin tooled in blind to a panel design with acorn tools at corners; a border filled with fleurons and a centre panel with a pot of flowers and four characters (including an angel); the centre panel is surrounded by the legend: "Opus Viviani de Varixio cartarii in carubeo filiian"; remains of ties, spine with two bands; blue edges. Italian binding from mid 16th century by Viviano da Varese.
Originally published in Rome in 1524; cf. Brunet I, 388.
Publisher's device and colophon repeating imprint on last leaf, recto.
Signatures: A-O⁴.
Title within woodcut ornamental border; woodcut initials.
Originally published in Rome in 1524; cf. Brunet I, 388.
Publisher's device and colophon repeating imprint on last leaf, recto.
Signatures: A-O⁴.
Title within woodcut ornamental border; woodcut initials.
Object details
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| Title | De bello rhodio |
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| Brief description | Book, De bello Rhodio, libri tres: Clementi VII. Pont. Max. dedicati. Iacobo Fontano brugensi autore. Ad reverendiss. principem ac dominum D. Albertum S. Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalem, Moguntiumq[ue]; archiepiscopum &c. ut deliberet, non modo de Bello Turcico, sed etiam de sanandis Ecclesiasticis dissensionibus, Philippi Melanchthonis Exhortatoria epistola, by Jacobus Fontanus, Haguenau: Johann Setzer, 1527. |
| Physical description | Bound in brown goatskin tooled in blind to a panel design with acorn tools at corners; a border filled with fleurons and a centre panel with a pot of flowers and four characters (including an angel); the centre panel is surrounded by the legend: "Opus Viviani de Varixio cartarii in carubeo filiian"; remains of ties, spine with two bands; blue edges. Italian binding from mid 16th century by Viviano da Varese. Originally published in Rome in 1524; cf. Brunet I, 388. Publisher's device and colophon repeating imprint on last leaf, recto. Signatures: A-O⁴. Title within woodcut ornamental border; woodcut initials. |
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| Object history | Accessioned in 1902. |
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| Collection | |
| Library number | 458-1902 |
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| Record created | October 10, 2022 |
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