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mei/00201623 WKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS [00201623]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : WKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS

ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00201623
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkWKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS
NoteRecord created by Noah Sheola; revised by by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481"; further revised by John Lancaster. Review of the volume pending.
Physical DescriptionIn this copy leaf oo6v has reading “per sua instituta misericordia”; Landino’s prologue to the Paradiso is set up in 48 lines, the last beginning “ita: ne da tempo.” With engravings for the first two cantos of the Inferno only (Category A of Hind's classification system). Blank leaves not present.
Size of leaves417 × 275 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Variant
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 2854

Provenance 1481 - 1600

PlaceItaly (Geonames ID: 3175395)
Areae-it
Time period1481 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1481-1600 [Person; Illuminator] (Artist, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteTwo engravings for Cantos I and II. Wash drawings have been added in the spaces preceding cantos 3, 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, and 33 of the Inferno and canto 1 in each of the Purgatorio and Paradiso; these drawings do not correspond to the originals as described by A.M. Hind, Catalogue of early Italian engravings preserved in the ... British Museum (London, 1910) p. 87-93. Inserted at front is an illuminated water-color title page with a medallion portrait of Dante at head; mounted on verso is an ink and wash drawing (385 x 265 mm; School of Zuccari, late 16th-century) depicting Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Initials added in water-color at the beginning of each of the three parts of the poem.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteSmaller initials added in red.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1735 - 1789

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1735 - 1789
Provenance namePinelli, Maffeo, 1735 - 1785 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti 1787, IV, n.1913; his sale Bibliotheca Pinelliana 1789, n. 2608, p. 100; Bibliotheca Pinelliana. Appendix 1790; De Batines 1845, I, p.44; Brunet 1861, II, 499; Procaccioli 2001, p. 146, n. 21 (n.i.)

Provenance 1823 - 1869

PlaceMerthyr Mawr (Geonames ID: 3345291)
Areae-uk
Time period1823 - 1869
Provenance nameNicholl, John Cole, 1823 - 1894 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHis sale (1869) lot 380: 'fine copy with 2 of the rare engravings by Baccio Baldini and 17 drawings in facsimile of the rest. Fine copy in blue morocco, joints, g.e. [...] Apparently the same copy as described in the Pinelli Catalogue, which sold for £18 18s.' [ex inf. John McQuillen]

Provenance 1870 - 1936

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1870 - 1936
Provenance nameLacaita, Charles Carmichael, 1853-1933 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
NoteBookplate of Charles Carmichael Lacaita (no. 68 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, 20 July 1936)
Binding note19th-century dark blue straight-grain morocco, edges gilt; pink silk doublures and lining-leaves.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1936 - 1951

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1936 - 1951
Provenance nameRichardson, William King, 1859 - 1951 [Person; Donor] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of William King Richardson. Clipped description from the Sotheby catalogue of the Lacaita sale, with Richardson's ms. annotation "Sotheby £140".
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price140 pounds sterling Clipped description from the Sotheby catalogue of the Lacaita sale, with Richardson's ms. annotation "Sotheby £140".
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 nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
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 incomplete
Last Edit2021-09-17 18:03:39

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  00201623

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : WKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS

ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id00201623
holdingInstitutionIdCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
shelfmarkWKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS
noteRecord created by Noah Sheola; revised by by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481"; further revised by John Lancaster. Review of the volume pending.
physicalDescriptionNoteIn this copy leaf oo6v has reading “per sua instituta misericordia”; Landino’s prologue to the Paradiso is set up in 48 lines, the last beginning “ita: ne da tempo.” With engravings for the first two cantos of the Inferno only (Category A of Hind's classification system). Blank leaves not present.
paperSize417 × 275 mm
copyType1
1
supportMaterialBooka
sourceWalsh 2854

provenance 1481 - 1600

placenameItaly (Geonames ID: 3175395)
areae-it
timeperiod1481 - 1600
ownerAnonymous, Italy, 1481-1600 (, )
provenanceType1
decorationNoteTwo engravings for Cantos I and II. Wash drawings have been added in the spaces preceding cantos 3, 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, and 33 of the Inferno and canto 1 in each of the Purgatorio and Paradiso; these drawings do not correspond to the originals as described by A.M. Hind, Catalogue of early Italian engravings preserved in the ... British Museum (London, 1910) p. 87-93. Inserted at front is an illuminated water-color title page with a medallion portrait of Dante at head; mounted on verso is an ink and wash drawing (385 x 265 mm; School of Zuccari, late 16th-century) depicting Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Initials added in water-color at the beginning of each of the three parts of the poem.
hasIlluminationsbooleanyes
hasOrnamentalLettersbooleanyes
hasRubricationbooleanyes
hasPenInitialsbooleanyes
rubricationNoteSmaller initials added in red.
certaintya
psourcea
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provenance 1735 - 1789

placenameVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
areae-it
timeperiod1735 - 1789
ownerPinelli, Maffeo, 1735 - 1785 (, )
provenanceType1
noteBibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti 1787, IV, n.1913; his sale Bibliotheca Pinelliana 1789, n. 2608, p. 100; Bibliotheca Pinelliana. Appendix 1790; De Batines 1845, I, p.44; Brunet 1861, II, 499; Procaccioli 2001, p. 146, n. 21 (n.i.)

provenance 1823 - 1869

placenameMerthyr Mawr (Geonames ID: 3345291)
areae-uk
timeperiod1823 - 1869
ownerNicholl, John Cole, 1823 - 1894
provenanceType1
noteHis sale (1869) lot 380: 'fine copy with 2 of the rare engravings by Baccio Baldini and 17 drawings in facsimile of the rest. Fine copy in blue morocco, joints, g.e. [...] Apparently the same copy as described in the Pinelli Catalogue, which sold for £18 18s.' [ex inf. John McQuillen]

provenance 1870 - 1936

placenameEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1870 - 1936
ownerLacaita, Charles Carmichael, 1853-1933 (, )
provenanceType1
1
noteBookplate of Charles Carmichael Lacaita (no. 68 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, 20 July 1936)
bindingNote19th-century dark blue straight-grain morocco, edges gilt; pink silk doublures and lining-leaves.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingStatusb
titling
toolingb
edgesa
writingOnEdgesd
Gaufferedd
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1936 - 1951

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1936 - 1951
Provenance nameRichardson, William King, 1859 - 1951 [Person; Donor] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of William King Richardson. Clipped description from the Sotheby catalogue of the Lacaita sale, with Richardson's ms. annotation "Sotheby £140".
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price140 pounds sterling Clipped description from the Sotheby catalogue of the Lacaita sale, with Richardson's ms. annotation "Sotheby £140".
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 nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
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 incomplete
Last Edit2021-09-17 18:03:39