Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
: EXKA Incunabula 1470a Cicero
ISTC No.ic00577000
AuthorCicero, Marcus Tullius
TitleDe officiis. Add: Paradoxa Stoicorum; Laelius, sive de amicitia; Cato maior, sive de senectute; Somnium Scipionis
ImprintVenice : Vindelinus de Spira, 13 Aug. 1470
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectPhilosophy-Ethics
Keywordscollection
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02012157
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
CollectionGrenville Kane Collection
ShelfmarkEXKA Incunabula 1470a Cicero
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Copy HistoryPrice code δετσ.- on verso of front flyleaf, not clearly associated with any other note. [19th-20th century]
Physical DescriptionLacks blank leaves 1 and 135-136. Leaves q8 and r2 damaged, with a sheet mounted to their blank versos. Water-damaged at an early stage - the initials and decorations are faded and have run, but the ms. annotations are clear and unaffected. Tide marks and staining on many pages.
Size of leaves265 × 180 mm
Support material (book)b
Provenance
1461 -
1500
Areae-it
Time period1461 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteElaborate printed white-vine border and iniitial on [a]2r and similar initials elsewhere filled in gold and illuminated in blue, red, and green.
IlluminationsYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials added in blue, with ms. guide letters; several are incorrect, either because of incorrect guide letter, or a misreading of a correct guide letter; some errors corrected by a reader in the margin. (15th century)
Manuscript notesHeavily annotated throughout.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
CorrectionsYes
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1601 -
1800
PlaceFirenze (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1601 - 1800
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscribed in roundel in border on leaf 2: "Antonij Francisci GORI Presb. S.J.B."
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac
Provenance
1701 -
1740
PlaceLondon
Areae-uk-en
Time period1701 - 1740
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteDistinctive Pembroke shelfmark in red ink in upper left corner of front free endpaper verso: "Kf13"; below it in pencil: "2G6"; distinctive shelfmark label at foot of spine: "Gg 11". Lot 62 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library (London, 25 June 1914).
Binding note18th-century full red morocco, gilt; all edges gilt.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf
Provenance
1911 -
1920
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1911 - 1920
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteMartini's collation note on front free endpaper verso.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1911 -
1950
PlaceTuxedo Park
Arean-us-ny
Time period1911 - 1950
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate of Grenville Kane on front pastedown; a leaf of his ms. notes mounted on front flyleaf; with his purchase note dated 1917 on front flyleaf (probably from Giuseppe Martini).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac
Provenance
1941 -
PlacePrinceton, NJ
Arean-us-nj
Time period1941 -
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NotePurchased from the estate of Grenville Kane by the Trustees of Princeton University, 1946.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceac
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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