Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (IT)
: S. Q. VI. B. 72.
ISTC No.ic00490000
AuthorChrysoloras, Emanuel
TitleErotemata [Greek]
Imprint[Florence : Laurentius (Francisci) de Alopa, Venetus, about 1496]
Format8°
Languagegrc
SubjectGrammar
Keywordseducation
Periodhumanist
Description of Copy
Copy Id02013364
Holding InstitutionNapoli, Biblioteca nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (IT)
ShelfmarkS. Q. VI. B. 72.
NoteCreated by Geri Della Rocca de Candal
Physical DescriptionComplete; several signature mistakes.
Size of leaves166 × 110 mm
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Provenance
1491 -
1530
Time period1491 - 1530
Provenance TypeDecoration
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrications only on the recto of the first printed leaf. (Early 16th c?)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1491 -
1600
Time period1491 - 1600
msNoteThe copy has been washed, but there seems to be no ms loss except for occasional signature completions in the first half of the volume (e.g. αii, βii, etc).
msFrequencya
hasMsCollationbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea
provenance
1701 -
1850
areae-it
timeperiod1701 - 1850
provenanceType1
noteVery early shelfmark on top of the titlepage in brown ink (‘115’). It also appears in other volumes of the collection, and it may or may not be connected to the Bourbon Royal Collection.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1801 -
Areae-it
Time period1801 -
Provenance TypeStamp
Binding noteThis style of plain vellum binding, with a red and green label on the spine, is called by the Library’s specialist Maria Rosaria Grizzuti ‘legatura borbonica’, i.e. belonging to the Royal Bourbon Collection, and it was made at some point in the first half of the 19th c., when the Bourbons financed a plan to rebind a selection of books from the Royal Collection.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
StampsRound black Library stamp on recto of the first printed leaf. Library bookplate with shelfmark on the top left corner of the front pastedown. Different bookplate on the rear pastedown indicating 'Numero d'inventario 1695' (the number handwritten). Pencil inscription on the recto of the back endleaf reporting the same inventory number.
Historic ShelfmarkAn older shelfmark, following the same format, appears in pencil on the front pastedown (‘VI. A. 24.’).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2016-04-09 15:42:26