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mei/02011778 Inc 2935.5 [02011778]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 2935.5

ISTC No.ic00860000
TitleLiber moralis de consilio patris pro iuvenibus [Latin and German]
Imprint[Leipzig : Printer of Capotius (Martin Landsberg or Andreas Frisner), about 1488]
Format
Languageger
SubjectLiterature-social
Keywordspoetry; translation
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02011778
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 2935.5
Also bound with this copyFlores poetarum de virtutibus et vitiis, sive Sententiae. - [Leipzig : Printer of Capotius (Martin Landsberg or Andreas Frisner), about 1486-89] [if00222000] (MEI ID: 02011776)
Proverbia communia [Latin and Low German]. - [Cologne : Heinrich Quentell, about 1485] [ip01025000] (MEI ID: 02011777)
NoteBearer types on first leaf.
Bound third in the volume.
Size of leaves192 × 134 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceWalsh 1022

Provenance 1501 - 1700

Areae
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note16th/17th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, pins on edge of front cover, clasps with pigskin thongs; edges stained blue; later gilt spine label.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialAlum Tawed Skin
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac

Provenance 1791 - 1800

Areae
Time period1791 - 1800
Provenance nameBibliotheca Mandelliana [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteMS ownership notation on title page of the first work, “E Bibliotheca Mandelliana 1791.”
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1911 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1911 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note9 December 1920 - Bought with the Charles Eliot Norton fund.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2015-02-22 16:46:46

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  02011778

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 2935.5

ISTC No.ic00860000
TitleLiber moralis de consilio patris pro iuvenibus [Latin and German]
Imprint[Leipzig : Printer of Capotius (Martin Landsberg or Andreas Frisner), about 1488]
Format
Languageger
SubjectLiterature-social
Keywordspoetry; translation
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02011778
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 2935.5
Also bound with this copyFlores poetarum de virtutibus et vitiis, sive Sententiae. - [Leipzig : Printer of Capotius (Martin Landsberg or Andreas Frisner), about 1486-89] [if00222000] (MEI ID: 02011776)
Proverbia communia [Latin and Low German]. - [Cologne : Heinrich Quentell, about 1485] [ip01025000] (MEI ID: 02011777)
NoteBearer types on first leaf.
Bound third in the volume.
Size of leaves192 × 134 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceWalsh 1022

Provenance 1501 - 1700

Areae
Time period1501 - 1700
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note16th/17th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasp plates on back cover, pins on edge of front cover, clasps with pigskin thongs; edges stained blue; later gilt spine label.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialAlum Tawed Skin
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
Sourceac

Provenance 1791 - 1800

Areae
Time period1791 - 1800
Provenance nameBibliotheca Mandelliana [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteMS ownership notation on title page of the first work, “E Bibliotheca Mandelliana 1791.”
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Provenance 1911 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1911 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note9 December 1920 - Bought with the Charles Eliot Norton fund.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2015-02-22 16:46:46