San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 88359
ISTC No.ih00391000
TitleHorae: ad usum Romanum (Rome) [Greek]
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, 5 Dec. 1497
Format16°
Languagegrc
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsreligion; literature-devotional; education
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00200653
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark88359
NoteCreated by Cristina Dondi and Geri Della Rocca de Candal; revised by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves116 × 78 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Variant
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteVariant B of quire K (as described in Curt F. Bühler, "Notes on Two Incunabula Printed by Aldus Manutius", Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 36 (1942), pp. 22-26).
Support material (book)Paper
SourceCristina Dondi, Printed books of hours from fifteenth-century Italy, 58(31)
Provenance
1875 -
1878
Areae-fr
Time period1875 - 1878
Provenance nameCamille [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionConsignment
Binding noteLate nineteenth-century French blue levant morocco with gilt fillets; red morocco doublures gold-tooled with arabesques and leaf-sprays, in the manner of the Èves (Hoe catalogue); board edges with double gilt fillets; by the Parisian binder Camille, and finisher Gustave Bénard; "Camille rel." and "Bénard dor." stamped along the lower front turn-in; endleaves in pink silk; all edges gilt over marbling.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions121 × 85 × 11 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1878 -
1884
Areae-uk
Time period1878 - 1884
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteThis copy appears in Quaritch catalogues from 1878 (no. 8560) through 1884 (part 8 of his General catalogue, with title A catalogue of religions and superstitions, dated August 1884; no. 17447).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1884 -
1909
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1884 - 1909
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteHoe's exlbris: below, in pencil '3: 1578'. On verso of the rear endleaf in pencil 'Hoe 275'. His sale catalogue (Anderson, April 1912), part III, lot 1578. Sold for $275, according to the printed price list issued by Anderson after the sale.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price275 US dollars Price at which the copy sold, not which Hoe paid.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1912 -
1927
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1912 - 1927
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteThe book, together with Huntington's other collections, became part of the Huntington Library in 1927.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1927 -
PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteAcquired by Huntington in 1912, became part of the Huntington Library in 1927, after Huntington's death.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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