Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/00200874 Typ Inc 2924 [00200874]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Typ Inc 2924

ISTC No.ii00075000
TitleTractatus brevis et utilis pro infirmis visitandis
Imprint[Nuremberg : Conrad Zeninger, about 1480]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-pastoral
Periodmedieval?

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200874
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
CollectionPrinting and Graphic Arts
ShelfmarkTyp Inc 2924
Also bound with this copyAstesanus De Ast: Canones poenitentiales. - Nuremberg : Peter Wagner, about 1495 [ia01158000] (MEI ID: 00200872)
Ars moriendi "Quamvis secundum philosophum tertio Ethicorum ...". - Leipzig : Conrad Kachelofen, about 1495-98 [ia01117000] (MEI ID: 00200873)
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster
Copy History"2813/15" in blue crayon on front free endleaf 1r. [19th century?]
"245" on rear pastedown, lower left. [17th-18th century?]
Physical DescriptionBound fifth in the volume of six works. The first two and the last are 16th-century editions: 1) Canon sacratissime misse (Nuremberg, Hieronymus Höltzel, 22 December 1503); 2) Reinhardus de Laudenburg, Passio dominii nostri Jesu christi (Nuremberg, Balthasar Schleifer, 7 April 1501); and 6) Johannes Henlin, Tractatus super Salue regina (Nuremberg, “A. B.,” 16 February 1502).
Size of leaves191 × 145 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Composite volume
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 793

Provenance 1500 - 1600

Areae-gx
Time period1500 - 1600
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note16th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, latches on front, clasps with pigskin thongs; edges stained blue (largely faded on fore edges); ms. titles on spine (some renewed later).
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialAlum Tawed Skin
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlinings added in red. (15th-16th century)
Manuscript notesAnnotations in two hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1591 - 1591

Areae-gx
Time period1591 - 1591
Provenance nameTeglin, Johann [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on title page of the first piece in the volume, “Johannes Teglin plebanus tunc temporis in Braittenbrunn 1591”; lined through, with "pia [memoria?]" added.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1615 - 1615

Areae-gx
Time period1615 - 1615
Provenance nameDegetrus, Joannes [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on title page of the first piece in the volume: "Ex lib: Joannis Degetrj [Degelej?] parochj in [Anhausen?] constat 36 Gr 1615".
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price36 Gr[oschen]
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1901 - 1940

PlaceSan Francisco (Geonames ID: 5391959)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1901 - 1940
Provenance nameVollbehr, Otto H. F. (Heinrich Friedrich), 1869 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteLarge bookplate on front pastedown: "Vollbehr Inkunabel-Sammlung". In Stillwell's 2nd census, 1940, ownership is listed as Vollbehr (I69), but a prefatory note to the volume states that ownership has transferred to Israel Perlstein (who acquired Vollbehr's collection in payment of outstanding debt after Vollbehr returned to Germany). See Keyes Metcalf, My Harvard library years (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College Library, 1988) for the story of Perlstein's acquisition of the collection.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1940 - 1940

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1940 - 1940
Provenance nameIsrael Perlstein, 1897-1975 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHofer acquisition record notes: "Bot of Israel Perlstein, May 28, 1940." Perlstein acquired a large collection of incunabula from Vollbehr around 1940.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1940 - 1942

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1940 - 1942
Provenance nameHofer, Philip, 1898 - 1984 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteHofer's booklabel on front pastedown.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1942 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1942 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteGift of Philip Hofer, 28 February 1942.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2020-11-14 18:28:40

All Copies

  00200874

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Typ Inc 2924

ISTC No.ii00075000
TitleTractatus brevis et utilis pro infirmis visitandis
Imprint[Nuremberg : Conrad Zeninger, about 1480]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-pastoral
Periodmedieval?

Description of Copy

Copy Id00200874
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
CollectionPrinting and Graphic Arts
ShelfmarkTyp Inc 2924
Also bound with this copyAstesanus De Ast: Canones poenitentiales. - Nuremberg : Peter Wagner, about 1495 [ia01158000] (MEI ID: 00200872)
Ars moriendi "Quamvis secundum philosophum tertio Ethicorum ...". - Leipzig : Conrad Kachelofen, about 1495-98 [ia01117000] (MEI ID: 00200873)
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster
Copy History"2813/15" in blue crayon on front free endleaf 1r. [19th century?]
"245" on rear pastedown, lower left. [17th-18th century?]
Physical DescriptionBound fifth in the volume of six works. The first two and the last are 16th-century editions: 1) Canon sacratissime misse (Nuremberg, Hieronymus Höltzel, 22 December 1503); 2) Reinhardus de Laudenburg, Passio dominii nostri Jesu christi (Nuremberg, Balthasar Schleifer, 7 April 1501); and 6) Johannes Henlin, Tractatus super Salue regina (Nuremberg, “A. B.,” 16 February 1502).
Size of leaves191 × 145 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Composite volume
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 793

Provenance 1500 - 1600

Areae-gx
Time period1500 - 1600
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note16th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, latches on front, clasps with pigskin thongs; edges stained blue (largely faded on fore edges); ms. titles on spine (some renewed later).
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialAlum Tawed Skin
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlinings added in red. (15th-16th century)
Manuscript notesAnnotations in two hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1591 - 1591

Areae-gx
Time period1591 - 1591
Provenance nameTeglin, Johann [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on title page of the first piece in the volume, “Johannes Teglin plebanus tunc temporis in Braittenbrunn 1591”; lined through, with "pia [memoria?]" added.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1615 - 1615

Areae-gx
Time period1615 - 1615
Provenance nameDegetrus, Joannes [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on title page of the first piece in the volume: "Ex lib: Joannis Degetrj [Degelej?] parochj in [Anhausen?] constat 36 Gr 1615".
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price36 Gr[oschen]
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1901 - 1940

PlaceSan Francisco (Geonames ID: 5391959)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1901 - 1940
Provenance nameVollbehr, Otto H. F. (Heinrich Friedrich), 1869 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteLarge bookplate on front pastedown: "Vollbehr Inkunabel-Sammlung". In Stillwell's 2nd census, 1940, ownership is listed as Vollbehr (I69), but a prefatory note to the volume states that ownership has transferred to Israel Perlstein (who acquired Vollbehr's collection in payment of outstanding debt after Vollbehr returned to Germany). See Keyes Metcalf, My Harvard library years (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College Library, 1988) for the story of Perlstein's acquisition of the collection.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1940 - 1940

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1940 - 1940
Provenance nameIsrael Perlstein, 1897-1975 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHofer acquisition record notes: "Bot of Israel Perlstein, May 28, 1940." Perlstein acquired a large collection of incunabula from Vollbehr around 1940.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1940 - 1942

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1940 - 1942
Provenance nameHofer, Philip, 1898 - 1984 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteHofer's booklabel on front pastedown.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1942 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1942 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteGift of Philip Hofer, 28 February 1942.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2020-11-14 18:28:40