Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02019803 100561 [02019803]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 100561

ISTC No.ia01195000
TitleAuctoritates Aristotelis et aliorum philosophorum
ImprintDeventer : Jacobus de Breda, 2 Sept. 1497
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
Keywordsanthology; education; classical studies
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019803
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark100561
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves206 × 137 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteGatherings a to g only.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4960.

Provenance 1497 -

Areae-ne
Time period1497 -
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOn the first pages: initials are supplied in black.
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesThroughout the text: occasional comments in Latin and underlining in black ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 -

Areae-ne
Time period1501 -
Provenance nameEykenburg, Johannes, 1500-1600 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn a1r: inscription ‘Joannes ÿkenburgis Alias Dunel[?]’ and several comments relating to various philosophers in Latin.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1824

PlaceDarmstadt (Geonames ID: 2938913)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1824
Provenance nameEss, Leander van, 1772 - 1847 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, University lecturer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Shelfmark
NoteOn the front pastedown: inscription referring to Panzer’s catalogue (‘Panzer… | Daventriae, Jacob de Breda 1500 | def[ectus?] in fine’) in his hand in black ink (information kindly provided by Dr. Milton McC. Gatch).
On the spine: paper label with the number ‘618’ printed in black.
Binding noteBlue paste paper over pasteboards. Plain edges. Modern paper pastedown.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions205 × 145 × 10 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Historic ShelfmarkOn the spine: paper label with the shelfmark ‘6[1]18’ printed in black ink (similar to the shelfmark ‘384’ in id. 02019726). (Shelfmark pattern No.: 16)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1828 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Note on provenance placeProbably in Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1828 - 1872
Provenance namePhillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
NotePhillipps bought more than 900 incunabula from Van Ess in 1824 at Darmstadt. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 3 (Cambridge, CUP, 1954), pp. 28-33.
The book is recorded in the catalogue of Van Ess’s incunabula ‘Catalogus Incunabulorum Professoris et Doctoris Theol. L. Van Ess, Darmstadlt[sic], Nunc in Bibliothecâ Phillippicâ deposit’ (Middle Hill, c. 1824) that Phillipps printed shortly after the sale, see p. 42, no. 618 (with the incorrect date of printing).
On the front cover: label with the number ‘863’ printed in bold in black ink.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1872 - 1923

PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1923
Provenance nameThomas FitzRoy Fenwick, 1856-1938 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFenwick, Phillipps's grandson, inherited the Phillipps Library and started to sell it from 1885 onwards. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 14-21.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameRosenbach, A. S. W., 1903-1953 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteIn 1923, Rosenbach bought from Fenwick more than 700 incunabula which he directly sold to Huntington. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 76-77; D. C. Dickinson, Henry E. Huntington’s Library of Libraries (San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, 1995), pp. 190-191.
On the front pastedown: inscription ‘Ph 116’ in pencil referring to the book’s number in the list of Phillipps’s incunabula which Rosenbach presented to Huntington (List of Incunabula collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps, October 1923, Curator of Rare Books Office, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1923 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
On the front pastedown: bibliographical information and references to incunabula catalogues in pencil.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53

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  02019803

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 100561

ISTC No.ia01195000
TitleAuctoritates Aristotelis et aliorum philosophorum
ImprintDeventer : Jacobus de Breda, 2 Sept. 1497
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
Keywordsanthology; education; classical studies
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02019803
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark100561
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Size of leaves206 × 137 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteGatherings a to g only.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH. R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 4960.

Provenance 1497 -

Areae-ne
Time period1497 -
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Decoration NoteOn the first pages: initials are supplied in black.
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesThroughout the text: occasional comments in Latin and underlining in black ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 -

Areae-ne
Time period1501 -
Provenance nameEykenburg, Johannes, 1500-1600 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn a1r: inscription ‘Joannes ÿkenburgis Alias Dunel[?]’ and several comments relating to various philosophers in Latin.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1824

PlaceDarmstadt (Geonames ID: 2938913)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1824
Provenance nameEss, Leander van, 1772 - 1847 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, University lecturer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Shelfmark
NoteOn the front pastedown: inscription referring to Panzer’s catalogue (‘Panzer… | Daventriae, Jacob de Breda 1500 | def[ectus?] in fine’) in his hand in black ink (information kindly provided by Dr. Milton McC. Gatch).
On the spine: paper label with the number ‘618’ printed in black.
Binding noteBlue paste paper over pasteboards. Plain edges. Modern paper pastedown.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions205 × 145 × 10 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Historic ShelfmarkOn the spine: paper label with the shelfmark ‘6[1]18’ printed in black ink (similar to the shelfmark ‘384’ in id. 02019726). (Shelfmark pattern No.: 16)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1828 - 1872

PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Note on provenance placeProbably in Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1828 - 1872
Provenance namePhillipps, Sir Thomas, 1792-1872 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
NotePhillipps bought more than 900 incunabula from Van Ess in 1824 at Darmstadt. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 3 (Cambridge, CUP, 1954), pp. 28-33.
The book is recorded in the catalogue of Van Ess’s incunabula ‘Catalogus Incunabulorum Professoris et Doctoris Theol. L. Van Ess, Darmstadlt[sic], Nunc in Bibliothecâ Phillippicâ deposit’ (Middle Hill, c. 1824) that Phillipps printed shortly after the sale, see p. 42, no. 618 (with the incorrect date of printing).
On the front cover: label with the number ‘863’ printed in bold in black ink.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1872 - 1923

PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1923
Provenance nameThomas FitzRoy Fenwick, 1856-1938 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFenwick, Phillipps's grandson, inherited the Phillipps Library and started to sell it from 1885 onwards. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 14-21.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameRosenbach, A. S. W., 1903-1953 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteIn 1923, Rosenbach bought from Fenwick more than 700 incunabula which he directly sold to Huntington. See A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 76-77; D. C. Dickinson, Henry E. Huntington’s Library of Libraries (San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, 1995), pp. 190-191.
On the front pastedown: inscription ‘Ph 116’ in pencil referring to the book’s number in the list of Phillipps’s incunabula which Rosenbach presented to Huntington (List of Incunabula collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps, October 1923, Curator of Rare Books Office, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1923 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee above.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
On the front pastedown: bibliographical information and references to incunabula catalogues in pencil.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:53