Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
: WKR 2.2.1
ISTC No.is00306000
TitleSchatzbehalter der wahren Reichtümer des Heils
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 8 Nov. 1491
Formatf°
Languageger
SubjectLiterature-devotional
Periodcontemporary?
Description of Copy
Copy Id00201858
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkWKR 2.2.1
NoteRecord created by Noah Sheola.
Size of leaves332 × 232 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLeaf m4 misbound after m2; blank leaf a1 partly cut away; blank Hh10 not present.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 715
Provenance
1491 -
1500
PlaceGermany (Geonames ID: 2921044)
Areae-gx
Time period1491 - 1500
Provenance TypeBinding
Decoration
Binding noteContemporary leather over wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, latches on front (one marked with a rosette and the initial D on 4 sides; cf. Koberger’s Petrus Lombardus of 10 May 1481, Walsh 682).
1 clasp and leather thong present, the other gone. Pasted down inside covers are 2 vellum leaves of an early 12th-century quarto liturgical MS with neumes.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
GaufferedNo
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red, a few initials in red, blue, and/or lavender; woodcuts uncolored.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1920 -
1929
Areae-uk-en
Time period1920 - 1929
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteLaid in, loose, is a two page typewritten description of this copy, transcribed "From Goldschmidt's Catalogue X".
Item 104 in E.P. Goldschmidt's Catalogue No. X, priced £450. In this catalogue, this copy is described, and shown in photographs, as having its binding covered in a 14th-century Hebrew manuscript leaf on vellum. This component of the binding was subsequently removed, perhaps by Harper or another intermediary owner. Its present whereabouts are unknown.
The typewritten transcript from the Goldschmidt catalogue omits any mention of the Hebrew manuscript, describing only the Latin manuscript binding waste on the pastedowns.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Provenance
1900 -
1937
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1900 - 1937
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteLaid in at front is a typewritten description, seemingly transcribed from a bookseller's catalogue, with Richardson's manuscript note, “Harper—March 1937.”
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1937 -
1951
Arean-us-ma
Time period1937 - 1951
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of William King Richardson.
Price1250 dollars Richardson's manuscript note on on typewritten clipping: "Harper March 1937 $1250"
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1951 -
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1951 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note1951—Bequest of William King Richardson.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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