Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02012688 2.a.1 [02012688]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.a.1

ISTC No.ic00467000
TitleChiromantia
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger?, after 1500?]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectAstrology
Keywordsprophetic works; palmistry
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012688
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.a.1
Also bound with this copyAlliaco, Petrus de: De impressionibus aeris. Super libros Meteororum Aristotelis. - [Leipzig : Conrad Kachelofen, not after 1493] [ia00478000] (MEI ID: 02012687)
Albertus Magnus: Liber aggregationis, seu Liber secretorum de virtutibus herbarum, lapidum et animalium quorundam. De mirabilibus mundi. - [Strassburg : Printer of the Breviarium Ratisponense (Georgius de Spira?), about 1479-82] [ia00255000] (MEI ID: 02012686)
NoteBound with two incunables and three 16th century editions: VD16 K 1625 (Koebel 1531), VD16 K 1672 (Koebel 1522), VD16 L 3052 (Lucianus 1530).
Created by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves193 × 142 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 178.

Provenance 1600

Areae-gx
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesHandwritten titlepage on the first blank leaf (a1r) in Gothic script (libraria). On the text a few reading marks and latin marginal notes in cursive hand with Gothic features, partially trimmed.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-gx
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameFaber, Wolfgang <decanus; Berching>, - 1561 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteBelow the handwritten titlepage: 'Wolffgangus Faber'.
Binding noteHalf blind-tooled pigskin on oak boards; original clasps. On the fore edge manuscript titles of the six works bound together. Bookmarks: small copper foils on the first leaf of each work.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesAcross
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 2000

PlaceMikulov (Geonames ID: 3070720)
Areae-cs
Time period1601 - 2000
Provenance nameBibliothek Alexander Fürst Dietrichstein <Mikulov>, 1679 - 1933 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Aristocracy) Family library
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteH. Gilhofer & H. Ranschburg, Bibliothek Alexander Fürst Dietrichstein, Schloss Nikolsburg... Versteigerung in Luzern, 21-22 November 1933 (Luzern, 1933), nr. 643.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceae

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameGilhofer & Ranschburg <Vienna, Austria>, 1884 - 1938 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay) Branch active in Lucerne, Switzerland
Wellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteMiscellany bought on 22 Nov. 1933 for 600 Swiss francs, cf. Wellcome 'Accession register', May 1930-June 1947, nr. 66312. Valuation: 36 pounds, 13 schillings, 4 pence.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price600 Swiss francs
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:30

All Copies

  02012688

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.a.1

ISTC No.ic00467000
TitleChiromantia
Imprint[Strassburg : Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger?, after 1500?]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectAstrology
Keywordsprophetic works; palmistry
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012688
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.a.1
Also bound with this copyAlliaco, Petrus de: De impressionibus aeris. Super libros Meteororum Aristotelis. - [Leipzig : Conrad Kachelofen, not after 1493] [ia00478000] (MEI ID: 02012687)
Albertus Magnus: Liber aggregationis, seu Liber secretorum de virtutibus herbarum, lapidum et animalium quorundam. De mirabilibus mundi. - [Strassburg : Printer of the Breviarium Ratisponense (Georgius de Spira?), about 1479-82] [ia00255000] (MEI ID: 02012686)
NoteBound with two incunables and three 16th century editions: VD16 K 1625 (Koebel 1531), VD16 K 1672 (Koebel 1522), VD16 L 3052 (Lucianus 1530).
Created by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves193 × 142 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 178.

Provenance 1600

Areae-gx
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesHandwritten titlepage on the first blank leaf (a1r) in Gothic script (libraria). On the text a few reading marks and latin marginal notes in cursive hand with Gothic features, partially trimmed.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-gx
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameFaber, Wolfgang <decanus; Berching>, - 1561 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteBelow the handwritten titlepage: 'Wolffgangus Faber'.
Binding noteHalf blind-tooled pigskin on oak boards; original clasps. On the fore edge manuscript titles of the six works bound together. Bookmarks: small copper foils on the first leaf of each work.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
TitlingManuscript
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesAcross
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1601 - 2000

PlaceMikulov (Geonames ID: 3070720)
Areae-cs
Time period1601 - 2000
Provenance nameBibliothek Alexander Fürst Dietrichstein <Mikulov>, 1679 - 1933 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Aristocracy) Family library
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteH. Gilhofer & H. Ranschburg, Bibliothek Alexander Fürst Dietrichstein, Schloss Nikolsburg... Versteigerung in Luzern, 21-22 November 1933 (Luzern, 1933), nr. 643.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceae

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameGilhofer & Ranschburg <Vienna, Austria>, 1884 - 1938 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay) Branch active in Lucerne, Switzerland
Wellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteMiscellany bought on 22 Nov. 1933 for 600 Swiss francs, cf. Wellcome 'Accession register', May 1930-June 1947, nr. 66312. Valuation: 36 pounds, 13 schillings, 4 pence.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price600 Swiss francs
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceaf

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:30