London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 1.b.13
ISTC No.ib00450000
AuthorBernardus de Gordonio
TitlePractica, seu Lilium medicinae. De ingeniis curandorum morborum. De regimine acutarum aegritudinum. De prognosticis
ImprintVenice : Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, for Benedictus Fontana, 16 Jan. 1496/97
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectMedicine
Keywordseducation; pathologies; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00201209
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.b.13
Also bound with this copyAegidius Corboliensis: De urinis et pulsibus. Comm: Gentilis de Fulgineo. Ed: Venantius Mutius. - Venice : Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, for Hieronymus de Durantibus, 1494/95, 16 Feb. [ia00094000] (MEI ID: 00201222)
NoteCreated by Laura Nuvoloni
Physical DescriptionBound first in a sammelband including two editions; its table of contents, in an unsigned and unfoliated 4-leaf quire, is bound last in the volume.
Size of leaves213 × 155 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Other IdentifierGW 4083 (GW)
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, no. 129.
Provenance
1497 -
1530
Areae-uk
Time period1497 - 1530
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteMarginal notes in Latin supplied in brown ink by an English cursive hand on fols 1-30r and passim; also supplied marginal notes on leaves a6v-c2r and passim in the second item in the volume, i.e. Aegidius Corboliensis, De urinis et pulsibus, Venice: 16 Feb. 1494/95 (ISTC ia00094000)
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1530 -
1600
Areae-uk
Time period1530 - 1600
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteMarginal notes in Latin supplied in light brown ink by a British cursive hand, passim, including pointing hands on fols 54r and 211; also possibly supplying a marginal note on leaf s5r of the second item in the volume, i.e. Aegidius Corboliensis, De urinis et pulsibus, Venice: 16 Feb. 1494/95 (ISTC ia00094000)
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteHalf-parchment British binding: half-parchment over pasteboards, sewn on five raised spine bands, endbands lost, round spine, with gilt-tooled title on brown leather spine label.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions220 × 165 × 50 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1600 -
1675
Areae-uk
Time period1600 - 1675
Provenance TypeDecoration
NoteTwo moral maxims in the upper and lower margins of the title page for the Table of contents on leaf [pi1] recto, reading: 'Labour in youthe while healthe doth last / and rest in age when iouthe is past' and 'Better devine [?] that is desired / then promise made et not performed'; also a marginal note on leaf g2v of the second item in the volume, i.e. Aegidius Corboliensis, De urinis et pulsibus, Venice: 16 Feb. 1494/95 (ISTC ia00094000)
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1675 -
1750
Areae-uk
Time period1675 - 1750
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteMarginal notes in Latin supplied in black ink by a small British cursive hand, passim; also a marginal note and nota sign supplied on leaf a2r of the second item in the volume, i.e. Aegidius Corboliensis, De urinis et pulsibus, Venice: 16 Feb. 1494/95 (ISTC ia00094000)
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteDecorated-paper covers applied onto the boards of the half-parchment 16th-century binding
Binding date18th cent.
Cover materialPaper
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1750 -
1850
Areae-uk
Time period1750 - 1850
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
NoteManuscript initials "LW" and the underlined note "u/." (price code?) in grey ink in the upper left corner of upper pastedown; they are followed below by a similar note "bb/." (price code ?), followed by "928/4" (sale lot?) in black ink. The number "1305" written and underlined in the same grey ink in the upper right corner of leaf a1r.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1868 -
1910
Areae-uk
Time period1868 - 1910
Provenance name [Person]
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSold at auction as part of his library on 12 July 1911: cf. Catalogue of the ... collection of Early Medical Works (including Anatomy and Surgery) also a Large... collection of Books and tracts on Pestilence ... The property of John [sic] Frank Payne M.D. F.R.C.P. (deceased), Days of sale: 12-14 July, [London]: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911, lot 270.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1911 -
Areae-uk
Time period1911 -
Provenance name [Corporate body]
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought by Henry Solomon Wellcome on 12 July 1911, cf. 'Catalogue of the... collection of Early Medical Works (including Anatomy and Surgery) also a Large ... collection of Books and tracts on Pestilence ... The property of John [sic] Frank Payne M.D. F.R.C.P. (deceased)', Days of sale: 12-14 July, [London]: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911, no. 270. Wellcome accession no. 29422 (1).
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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