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mei/02010409 IA.35160 [02010409]

London, British Library (GB) : IA.35160

ISTC No.ip01046330
TitlePsalterium Romanum cum hymnis et antiphonis
ImprintCastano Primo : Johannes Antonius de Cornate, 12 Jan. 1486
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsbible
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02010409
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIA.35160
NoteCreated by A. Panzanelli
Physical DescriptionBMC: Imperfect, wanting sheets f3 and f4, for which duplicates of sheets f1 and f2 have been substituted. On the recto of the front fly-leaf is written: Franciscus Donadeus S.P.D. Dicit Dominus Domp[n]i. Franciscus donadeus filius quondam D[omi]ni Io ant. On the verso of the same leaf is pasted the armorial bookplate (eighteenth century) of the Counts Giustiniani of Venice. With the bookplate of John P.W. Ehrmann, by whom the book was presented. Bound in Italian late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century blind-tooled brown calf over wooden boards; two pairs of clasps.
Size of leaves203 × 143 mm
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
SourceBMC XII 81; V. Scholderer, An unrecorded early printing centre, "The Library", June 1953; A. Ehrman, Contemporary collectors II: The Broxbourne Library, "The book collector", Autumn 1954; N. Barker, Albert Ehrmann (6 Feb 1890-12 Aug 1969), "The book collector", Winter 1970; Mirjam M. Romme, Contemporary Collectors XLIV. The Henry Davis collection I "The book collector" (Spring 1969); O. Pinto, Nuptialia, Firenze, Olschki, 1971; Mirjam M. Foot, The Bindings in the Henry Davis Gift, "British Library Journal", 12 (1977); P.R. Harris 1998; G. Gullino, Giustiniani, Girolamo Ascanio, in DBI, 2001.

Provenance 1600

Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1600

Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameDonadio, Francesco [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front paste-down: 'Donadei Francisci'; the same hand (humanistic hand-writing) repeats the note with variants on the recto of the front flyleaf: 'Franciscus Donadeus S P D | Dicit Dicit Dominus Dompno | Franciscus Donadeus filius quondam domini Io. Ant.'. On the back paste-down there are some numbers and symbols that seem to have been written at the time, by another handwriting: '432 [l] 5 [s] 8 | 1 8'; maybe a note of price.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac

Provenance 1781 -

PlaceVenedig (Geonames ID: 6542284)
Areae-it
Time period1781 -
Provenance nameGiustiniani, Girolamo Ascanio, d. 1790 ca. [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy) Son of a more famous Girolamo Ascanio (1721-91), in 1786 married Cecilia Corner.
[Corporate body]
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
NotePrinted armorial bookplate with the arms of the Giustiniani family (on the left hand side) and the one of Corner (or Cornaro, on the right hand side). Most likely it refers to the marriage between Girolamo Ascanio Giustiniani and Cecilia Corner, whose wedding occurred in 1786.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1940

PlaceZürich (Geonames ID: 2657896)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1940
Provenance nameAeschlimann, Erhard, 1897-1972 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, No characterisation/lay) nephew of Ulrich Hoepli, and involved in the publishing and antiquarian bookselling firm
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee below under Tammaro De Marinis
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceafx

Provenance 1951 - 1960

PlaceRímini, Itàlia (Geonames ID: 3169361)
Areae-it
Time period1951 - 1960
Provenance nameDe Marinis, Tammaro, 1878-1969 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteA letter from Tammaro De Marinis to Mr Ehrman (likely Albert Ehrman) is preserved with the book, sent from Rimini, on 3rd October 1954. In the letter De Marinis provides much information about when and how he had bought the book (at an auction in Zurich c.1934 after information by Mr Aeschlimann of Hoepli) and about a mistake that he had made in not recognizing the uniqueness of the copy: 'Cher Monsieur Ehrman rassurez-vous. Votre precieux incunable de Castano demeure unique! Mr Aeschlimann de la maison Hoepli l’avait trouvé en Suisse et je l’ai acheté à Zurich il y a a une vingtaine d’anneés à l’occasion d’une vente aux enchères là-bas. Comment se soit glissé le curieux erreur dans la description de cette impression encore je ne m’en rend pas compte: c’est que c’était loin mille lieux l’idée d’un volume imprimé dans cette petite ville si près de Milan où le nouvel art était déjà répandu dès 1470… Enfin une mauvaise description a étée faite peut-être dans le coeur de la nuit …'. De Marinis also added that he had exchanged the book for a beautiful binding: 'enfin Mr Davis m’ayant montré une très très belle et rare reliure vénitienne fort coûteuse je lui ai proposé l’échange qui a été accepté. Et c’est peut-être à Mr Davis que vous l’avez acheté. T. De Marinis'. Likely he was referring to Henry Davis, well known as a collector of bindings.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourcefx

Provenance 1941 - 1960

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1941 - 1960
Provenance nameDavis, Henry, 1898-1977 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee above under Tammaro De Marinis.
Method of acquisitionExchange
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceab

Provenance 1951 - 1970

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1970
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBesides the letter written to Mr [Albert] Ehrman by Tammaro De Marinis (see above) there is another letter to Mr Ehrman from H. Clifford Maggs, antiquarian bookseller; on 21 Apr 1953 he wrote to Mr [Albert] Ehrman to congratulate with him for the purchase, to give his opinion on the value of the book and on the watermark, so as to confirm the date of printing: 'I looked up this daisy(?)-flower watermark in Briquet and find the (apparently) closest variety (no 6601) was in use in Milan 1485 and Pavia 1487. No paper with any of the varieties is recorded as in use in Italy after 1490. This seems to confirm the colophon date alright'. On the right upper corner of the back paste-down there is an R followed by a symbol and an E, in green ink; this inscription corresponds to the recording of the book in the manuscript 'Catalogue of the Broxbourne Library first formed at Broxbourne, Herts, by Albert Ehrman' (Oxford, Bodleian Library), where this book is described in the first line of p. 47, under the year 1963.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceabc

Provenance 1951 - 1980

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1980
Provenance nameEhrman, John Patrick William, 1920 - 2011 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of the Broxbourne Library, built by Albert Ehrman and then inherited by his son John.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourcebc

Provenance 1971 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1971 -
Provenance nameBritish Museum, Library <London>, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBMC: Presented in April 1977 [by John P.W. Ehrman]. Stamp of the British Library in green ink (used for donations) on a1v and x4v; booklabel of the "Bibliotheca Broxbourniana J.P.W.E. EX DONO A & RE" on the back pastedown.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-06-11 08:58:30

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  02010409

London, British Library (GB) : IA.35160

ISTC No.ip01046330
TitlePsalterium Romanum cum hymnis et antiphonis
ImprintCastano Primo : Johannes Antonius de Cornate, 12 Jan. 1486
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiturgy
Keywordsbible
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02010409
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIA.35160
NoteCreated by A. Panzanelli
Physical DescriptionBMC: Imperfect, wanting sheets f3 and f4, for which duplicates of sheets f1 and f2 have been substituted. On the recto of the front fly-leaf is written: Franciscus Donadeus S.P.D. Dicit Dominus Domp[n]i. Franciscus donadeus filius quondam D[omi]ni Io ant. On the verso of the same leaf is pasted the armorial bookplate (eighteenth century) of the Counts Giustiniani of Venice. With the bookplate of John P.W. Ehrmann, by whom the book was presented. Bound in Italian late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century blind-tooled brown calf over wooden boards; two pairs of clasps.
Size of leaves203 × 143 mm
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
SourceBMC XII 81; V. Scholderer, An unrecorded early printing centre, "The Library", June 1953; A. Ehrman, Contemporary collectors II: The Broxbourne Library, "The book collector", Autumn 1954; N. Barker, Albert Ehrmann (6 Feb 1890-12 Aug 1969), "The book collector", Winter 1970; Mirjam M. Romme, Contemporary Collectors XLIV. The Henry Davis collection I "The book collector" (Spring 1969); O. Pinto, Nuptialia, Firenze, Olschki, 1971; Mirjam M. Foot, The Bindings in the Henry Davis Gift, "British Library Journal", 12 (1977); P.R. Harris 1998; G. Gullino, Giustiniani, Girolamo Ascanio, in DBI, 2001.

Provenance 1600

Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1600

Areae-it
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameDonadio, Francesco [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn the front paste-down: 'Donadei Francisci'; the same hand (humanistic hand-writing) repeats the note with variants on the recto of the front flyleaf: 'Franciscus Donadeus S P D | Dicit Dicit Dominus Dompno | Franciscus Donadeus filius quondam domini Io. Ant.'. On the back paste-down there are some numbers and symbols that seem to have been written at the time, by another handwriting: '432 [l] 5 [s] 8 | 1 8'; maybe a note of price.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac

Provenance 1781 -

PlaceVenedig (Geonames ID: 6542284)
Areae-it
Time period1781 -
Provenance nameGiustiniani, Girolamo Ascanio, d. 1790 ca. [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy) Son of a more famous Girolamo Ascanio (1721-91), in 1786 married Cecilia Corner.
[Corporate body]
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
NotePrinted armorial bookplate with the arms of the Giustiniani family (on the left hand side) and the one of Corner (or Cornaro, on the right hand side). Most likely it refers to the marriage between Girolamo Ascanio Giustiniani and Cecilia Corner, whose wedding occurred in 1786.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1940

PlaceZürich (Geonames ID: 2657896)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1940
Provenance nameAeschlimann, Erhard, 1897-1972 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, No characterisation/lay) nephew of Ulrich Hoepli, and involved in the publishing and antiquarian bookselling firm
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee below under Tammaro De Marinis
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceafx

Provenance 1951 - 1960

PlaceRímini, Itàlia (Geonames ID: 3169361)
Areae-it
Time period1951 - 1960
Provenance nameDe Marinis, Tammaro, 1878-1969 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteA letter from Tammaro De Marinis to Mr Ehrman (likely Albert Ehrman) is preserved with the book, sent from Rimini, on 3rd October 1954. In the letter De Marinis provides much information about when and how he had bought the book (at an auction in Zurich c.1934 after information by Mr Aeschlimann of Hoepli) and about a mistake that he had made in not recognizing the uniqueness of the copy: 'Cher Monsieur Ehrman rassurez-vous. Votre precieux incunable de Castano demeure unique! Mr Aeschlimann de la maison Hoepli l’avait trouvé en Suisse et je l’ai acheté à Zurich il y a a une vingtaine d’anneés à l’occasion d’une vente aux enchères là-bas. Comment se soit glissé le curieux erreur dans la description de cette impression encore je ne m’en rend pas compte: c’est que c’était loin mille lieux l’idée d’un volume imprimé dans cette petite ville si près de Milan où le nouvel art était déjà répandu dès 1470… Enfin une mauvaise description a étée faite peut-être dans le coeur de la nuit …'. De Marinis also added that he had exchanged the book for a beautiful binding: 'enfin Mr Davis m’ayant montré une très très belle et rare reliure vénitienne fort coûteuse je lui ai proposé l’échange qui a été accepté. Et c’est peut-être à Mr Davis que vous l’avez acheté. T. De Marinis'. Likely he was referring to Henry Davis, well known as a collector of bindings.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourcefx

Provenance 1941 - 1960

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1941 - 1960
Provenance nameDavis, Henry, 1898-1977 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSee above under Tammaro De Marinis.
Method of acquisitionExchange
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceab

Provenance 1951 - 1970

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1970
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBesides the letter written to Mr [Albert] Ehrman by Tammaro De Marinis (see above) there is another letter to Mr Ehrman from H. Clifford Maggs, antiquarian bookseller; on 21 Apr 1953 he wrote to Mr [Albert] Ehrman to congratulate with him for the purchase, to give his opinion on the value of the book and on the watermark, so as to confirm the date of printing: 'I looked up this daisy(?)-flower watermark in Briquet and find the (apparently) closest variety (no 6601) was in use in Milan 1485 and Pavia 1487. No paper with any of the varieties is recorded as in use in Italy after 1490. This seems to confirm the colophon date alright'. On the right upper corner of the back paste-down there is an R followed by a symbol and an E, in green ink; this inscription corresponds to the recording of the book in the manuscript 'Catalogue of the Broxbourne Library first formed at Broxbourne, Herts, by Albert Ehrman' (Oxford, Bodleian Library), where this book is described in the first line of p. 47, under the year 1963.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceabc

Provenance 1951 - 1980

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1980
Provenance nameEhrman, John Patrick William, 1920 - 2011 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of the Broxbourne Library, built by Albert Ehrman and then inherited by his son John.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourcebc

Provenance 1971 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1971 -
Provenance nameBritish Museum, Library <London>, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBMC: Presented in April 1977 [by John P.W. Ehrman]. Stamp of the British Library in green ink (used for donations) on a1v and x4v; booklabel of the "Bibliotheca Broxbourniana J.P.W.E. EX DONO A & RE" on the back pastedown.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-06-11 08:58:30