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mei/02007977 Inc 409 [02007977]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 409

ISTC No.is00321000
AuthorSchottus, Petrus
TitleLucubratiunculae. Ed: Jacob Wimpheling
ImprintStrassburg : Martin Schott, 2 Oct. 1498
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02007977
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 409
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves213 × 150 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceWhitesell, First supplement to Walsh, S1-149.9

Provenance 1491 - 1600

PlaceStraßburg (Geonames ID: 6441375)
Areae-fr
Time period1491 - 1600
Provenance nameTextoris, Nicolaus [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Unknown)
Volck, Beatus [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on blank last page: "Ego Beatus Volck Argentin[us] depositus sum a d[omi]no baccalaureo Nicolao Textoris spirense Anno d[omi]ni 1499 in festo sancti Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatoru[m]".
Decoration NoteColophon with added red penwork flourish; woodcut device partly colored in red.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesLatin ms. marginalia in text; quotations from various authors written out on the final blank leaf, with author or heading in red, text in black.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1801 - 1900

Areae
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameJesuits, place not known [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
NoteJesuit stamp on title page with identifying information erased.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1931 - 1940

Areae-uk-en
Time period1931 - 1940
Provenance nameWynne Finch, Heneage, 1871 - 1939 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSignature of Heneage Wynne Finch dated 1936 on front free endpaper; his library was sold by Hodgson's in 1940.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1941 - 1950

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1941 - 1950
Provenance nameEhrman, Albert, 1890 - 1969 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate, stamp, and notes of Ehrman.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 1941 - 1980

Areae-uk-en
Time period1941 - 1980
Provenance nameEhrman, John Patrick William, 1920 - 2011 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate "Bibliotheca Broxbourniana. J.P.W.E. 17 March 1949. Ex dono A & RE".
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 1971 - 1990

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1971 - 1990
Provenance nameAbrams, George, 1919 - 2001 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of George Abrams on rear pastedown; no. 112 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, 16 November 1989.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 1981 - 2010

PlaceAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
Areae-ne
Time period1981 - 2010
Provenance nameRitman, Joost R., 1941 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Bernard Quaritch Ltd. <London> [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1901 - [Corporate body; Binder] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of Ritman's Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica; no. 92 in the Sotheby sale catalogue, 5 December 2001. Probably purchased by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. acting for Ritman.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteModern dark green morocco and gray boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 2001 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period2001 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBought with the Margaret F. Cowett fund; accessioned 3 January 2002.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2016-12-12 19:20:38

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  02007977

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 409

ISTC No.is00321000
AuthorSchottus, Petrus
TitleLucubratiunculae. Ed: Jacob Wimpheling
ImprintStrassburg : Martin Schott, 2 Oct. 1498
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02007977
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 409
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves213 × 150 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceWhitesell, First supplement to Walsh, S1-149.9

Provenance 1491 - 1600

PlaceStraßburg (Geonames ID: 6441375)
Areae-fr
Time period1491 - 1600
Provenance nameTextoris, Nicolaus [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Unknown)
Volck, Beatus [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on blank last page: "Ego Beatus Volck Argentin[us] depositus sum a d[omi]no baccalaureo Nicolao Textoris spirense Anno d[omi]ni 1499 in festo sancti Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatoru[m]".
Decoration NoteColophon with added red penwork flourish; woodcut device partly colored in red.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
Pen initialsYes
Manuscript notesLatin ms. marginalia in text; quotations from various authors written out on the final blank leaf, with author or heading in red, text in black.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1801 - 1900

Areae
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameJesuits, place not known [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious)
NoteJesuit stamp on title page with identifying information erased.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1931 - 1940

Areae-uk-en
Time period1931 - 1940
Provenance nameWynne Finch, Heneage, 1871 - 1939 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSignature of Heneage Wynne Finch dated 1936 on front free endpaper; his library was sold by Hodgson's in 1940.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1941 - 1950

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1941 - 1950
Provenance nameEhrman, Albert, 1890 - 1969 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate, stamp, and notes of Ehrman.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 1941 - 1980

Areae-uk-en
Time period1941 - 1980
Provenance nameEhrman, John Patrick William, 1920 - 2011 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate "Bibliotheca Broxbourniana. J.P.W.E. 17 March 1949. Ex dono A & RE".
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 1971 - 1990

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1971 - 1990
Provenance nameAbrams, George, 1919 - 2001 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of George Abrams on rear pastedown; no. 112 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, 16 November 1989.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 1981 - 2010

PlaceAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
Areae-ne
Time period1981 - 2010
Provenance nameRitman, Joost R., 1941 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Bernard Quaritch Ltd. <London> [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1901 - [Corporate body; Binder] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of Ritman's Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica; no. 92 in the Sotheby sale catalogue, 5 December 2001. Probably purchased by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. acting for Ritman.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteModern dark green morocco and gray boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceace

Provenance 2001 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period2001 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBought with the Margaret F. Cowett fund; accessioned 3 January 2002.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2016-12-12 19:20:38