Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
: WKR 1.2.5
ISTC No.ie00127000
AuthorEusebius Caesariensis
TitleHistoria ecclesiastica. Tr: Rufinus Aquileiensis
ImprintMantua : Johannes Schallus, [not before 15] July 1479
Formatf°
Languagelat
Subjectecclesiastical history
Keywordstranslation
PeriodMedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00201230
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkWKR 1.2.5
NoteRecord created by Noah Sheola. Altemps information added by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves289 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 3342
Provenance
1479 -
1620
Areae-it
Time period1479 - 1620
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
NoteInscription on [a]1v, “Ex biblica. Altempsna.”
Binding noteBound in old (17th-century?) vellum, edges speckled red.
Binding date17th cent.
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1907 -
1907
Areae-uk-en
Time period1907 - 1907
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteLot 54 in the 8 July 1907 sale of books consigned from the dukes of Altemps.
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1907 -
1907
Areae-uk-en
Time period1907 - 1907
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteQuaritch is recorded in Book Auction Records, v. 4, p. 525, as the purchaser at the Altemps sale, for £4/16/0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price4/16/0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1907 -
1930
PlaceEdinburgh (Geonames ID: 2650225)
Areae-uk-st
Time period1907 - 1930
Provenance TypeExlibris
Shelfmark
NoteBookplate of Arthur Kay, being his initials above in image of three bees and the motto "Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant omnia nositidem. Depascimur aurea dicta". (not in the Sotheby sale catalogue, May 1930). Dates conjectural.
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal annotations.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Historic ShelfmarkIn manuscript on paper spine label "J. Schall, 1479 A.D., Mantua, 15.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1930 -
1931
Areae-uk-en
Time period1930 - 1931
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteRichardson's manuscript note on clipped sale catalogue description "McLeish Dec. 1931." Item no. 34, with printed price £17 crossed out and Richardson's note "£15".
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Provenance
1931 -
1951
Arean-us-ma
Time period1931 - 1951
Provenance TypeInscription
Exlibris
NoteBookplate of and of William King Richardson.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price15 pound sterling Richardson's manuscript note on clipped sale catalogue description "McLeish Dec. 1931." Item no. 34, with printed price £17 crossed out and Richardson's note "£15".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1951 -
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1951 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
Accession mark
Note1951—Bequest of William King Richardson.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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