London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 1.e.11
ISTC No.ib00447000
AuthorBernardus de Gordonio
TitlePractica, seu Lilium medicinae
ImprintNaples : Francesco del Tuppo, for Bernardinus Gerardinus, 20 May 1480
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectMedicine
Keywordseducation
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00201037
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.e.11
NoteCreated by Laura Nuvoloni
Size of leaves293 × 210 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Variant
Manuscript signatures
Copy Features - NoteVariant: leaf [a2] verso blank, i.e. without the dedication letter addressed by Francesco Del Tuppo to Bernardinus Ghelardinus.
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
DescriptionScissors
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 128, pl. 2.
Provenance
1483 -
1508
PlaceNuremberg (Geonames ID: 2861650)
Areae-gx
Time period1483 - 1508
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteThe inscription 'Hic Liber Nobilis in medicina est mei Jeronimi monetarii de Feltkirchey arcium medicineque doctoris / quem mihi comparaui in perclara ciuitate Neapolitana anno salutis 1483 in mense nouembri;' in purple ink on front pastedown. Mentioned and listed among Münzer's books in E. P. Goldschmidt, Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek, London, The Warburg Institute, 1938, pp. 28 and 131, no. 93
Date of evidence1483
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Decoration NoteInitials and paragraph marks in alternating red and blue in late 15th-century German style, probably executed at Nuremberg for Münzer.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Manuscript notesTitle and table of contents supplied in purple ink on front pastedown; foliation "1-201" in purple ink from leaf [a2], followed in the table of contents; traces of quire signatures and a few marginal notes in brown ink throughout, including manicula (leaf foliated 145v) and nota sign (leaf foliated 153r).
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1508 -
1529
PlaceNuremberg (Geonames ID: 2861650)
Areae-gx
Time period1508 - 1529
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe book came to Holzschuher as part of the library bequeathed to him in 1508 by Hieronymus Münzer, his father-in-law (Source: E. P. Goldschmidt, Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek, London, 1938, pp. 99-104)
Date of evidence1938
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1600 -
1607
PlaceGrabštejn (Geonames ID: 3076092)
Areae-xr
Time period1600 - 1607
Provenance name [Person]
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteOne of the 500 volumes (manuscripts and early printed books alike) that Ferdinand Hoffmann acquired in or after 1600 from the library of Hieronymus Holzschuher, which had remained in Nuremberg until then (Source: E. P. Goldschmidt, Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek, London, 1938, pp. 7-9)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1679 -
1933
PlaceMikulov (Geonames ID: 3070720)
Areae-xr
Time period1679 - 1933
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NoteThe volume was part of the Hoffmann's library donated about 1669 to Prince Ferdinand of Dietrichstein in gratitude for his guardianship by Maria Elisabeth and Johanna von Hoffmann, the last two female heirs of Ferdinand von Hoffmann (Source: E. P. Goldschmidt, Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek, London, 1938, pp. 3-5)
No. 493 in Rudolf Pindter’s 1884 catalogue of the Dietrichstein library; no. 569 in the Gilhofer & Ranschburg sale catalogue, November 1933. Inscribed "Inc. 493" in red crayon and "I, VII, 14" (presumably the shelving location) in blue crayon, in a similar hand and size, on blank leaf [a1]r; similar inscriptions, all in blue crayon, on upper pastedown, and "Inc. 493" in red crayon on blank leaf [a1]v. Inscribed "569" (the sale catalogue number) in pencil, in a box, at upper left of blank [a1]r.
Method of acquisitionDonation
Binding noteFull leather Moravian binding, possibly late 17th or early 18th century: light brown calf over pasteboards preserving original sewing on 4 double-split whittawed skin spine bands, no endbands, bookblock edges coloured in yellow, boards decorated with a blind-fillet lozenge pattern diaper within a blind-roll frame of foliate design, single blind-stamps of foliate design on spine compartments, title gilt on black leather spine label.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions305 × 220 × 45 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Historic ShelfmarkShelfmark 'Inc. 493' and pressmark "I, VII, 14" of Dietrichstein library. (Shelfmark pattern No.: Inc. 493)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1933 -
Areae-uk
Time period1933 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought at Gilhofer and Ranschburg first sale of the Dietrichstein Library of Nikolsburg, Lucerne, 21-22 November 1933 , lot 569. cf. F.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 128. Wellcome accession no. 66296.
Date of evidence1933
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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