Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02012739 2.b.17 [02012739]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.b.17

ISTC No.ih00278000
AuthorHippocrates
TitleDe natura hominis. Add: De victu; De tuenda valetudine; Medicinae lex; Iusiurandum; Demonstratio quod artes sunt; Invectiva in obtrectatores medicinae. Tr: Andreas Brentius
Imprint[Rome : Eucharius Silber, about 1483-86]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordstranslation; education; regimen sanitatis; polemical works
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012739
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.b.17
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves203 × 139 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 299.

Provenance 1600

PlaceKöln (Geonames ID: 2886242)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesSeveral Latin marginalia, in a German hand. On leaf a1v, you can devise the provenance of the anonymous annotator while commenting a textual passage ('Equidem ut aiunt: mallem in omnibus malam Aristotelis sequi sententiam qual aliorum optimam'): 'Et ego manuo errare ... cum theologis Coloniensibus urbis Agrippinae'.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1900

PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1701 - 1900
Provenance nameKloss, Georg Franz Burkhard, 1787 - 1854 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn the front pastedown printed bookplate of the physician 'Georgius Kloss, M.D. Francofurti ad Moenum'.
Binding noteHalf leather and marbled paper; red leather label on the front cover with gilt-tooled publishing data.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab

Provenance 1801 - 2000

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance namePayne, Joseph Frank <physician>, 1840 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSold on July 1911 from the Payne's library, see below.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameSotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London Auctioneers [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Wellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on July 1911, cf. Catalogue of the... collection of Early Medical Works (including Anatomy and Surgery) also a Large... collection of Books and tracts on Pestilence... The property of John [sic] Frank Payne F.R.C.P. (deceased), Days of sale: 12-14 July, [London]: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911, nr. 336.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:29

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  02012739

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 2.b.17

ISTC No.ih00278000
AuthorHippocrates
TitleDe natura hominis. Add: De victu; De tuenda valetudine; Medicinae lex; Iusiurandum; Demonstratio quod artes sunt; Invectiva in obtrectatores medicinae. Tr: Andreas Brentius
Imprint[Rome : Eucharius Silber, about 1483-86]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordstranslation; education; regimen sanitatis; polemical works
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02012739
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark2.b.17
NoteCreated by Sabrina Minuzzi
Size of leaves203 × 139 mm
Support material (book)b
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 299.

Provenance 1600

PlaceKöln (Geonames ID: 2886242)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesSeveral Latin marginalia, in a German hand. On leaf a1v, you can devise the provenance of the anonymous annotator while commenting a textual passage ('Equidem ut aiunt: mallem in omnibus malam Aristotelis sequi sententiam qual aliorum optimam'): 'Et ego manuo errare ... cum theologis Coloniensibus urbis Agrippinae'.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1900

PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1701 - 1900
Provenance nameKloss, Georg Franz Burkhard, 1787 - 1854 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn the front pastedown printed bookplate of the physician 'Georgius Kloss, M.D. Francofurti ad Moenum'.
Binding noteHalf leather and marbled paper; red leather label on the front cover with gilt-tooled publishing data.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab

Provenance 1801 - 2000

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1801 - 2000
Provenance namePayne, Joseph Frank <physician>, 1840 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSold on July 1911 from the Payne's library, see below.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameSotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London Auctioneers [Corporate body; Bookseller] (No characterisation/lay)
Wellcome Library <London>, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on July 1911, cf. Catalogue of the... collection of Early Medical Works (including Anatomy and Surgery) also a Large... collection of Books and tracts on Pestilence... The property of John [sic] Frank Payne F.R.C.P. (deceased), Days of sale: 12-14 July, [London]: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1911, nr. 336.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
Sourceab

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:29