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mei/02015273 85153 [02015273]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 85153

ISTC No.ib00812000
AuthorBoethius
TitleDe consolatione philosophie [Dutch & Latin]
ImprintGhent : Arend de Keysere, 3 May 1485
Formatf°
Languagedut
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
KeywordsEducation; Theology-moral; Theology-moral; Translation
Periodpatristic

Description of Copy

Copy Id02015273
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85153
NoteCreated by Stephen Tabor.
This is the state with cancellandum a2, lacking the two-line heading “Dit es de tafele dienende desen nauolghenden ...” on the recto.
Size of leaves380 × 280 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteFinal blank doubtfully genuine.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1485 - 1500

Time period1485 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteMost initials supplied in red, except the largest ones which are left blank.
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteRubricated in red throughout.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Areae-be
Binding noteRebound, late C19, retaining original vellum paste-downs; original blind-stamped leather panels of both covers laid down (presumed Belgian). Traces of two fore-edge clasps.
Binding date15th cent.
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions396 × 296 × 95 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteEarly shelfmark on front fly verso: R.O.2. (“O” crossed out).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1485 - 1550

PlaceOud-Turnhout (Geonames ID: 2789483)
Time period1485 - 1550
Provenance nameJoannes Nicolai [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription, a1r: “Ad vsum Fr[atr]is Joannis Nicolai Canonici Regularis, professi in Corssendoncg | Corssendoncg” (i.e. the Priory of Corsendonk in Oud-Turnhout, Belgium?). Consequently presumed to have been the property of the priory.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1870 - 1896

PlaceHammersmith (Geonames ID: 2647567)
Time period1870 - 1896
Provenance nameWilliam Morris , 1834-1896 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note“From the library of William Morris Kelmscott House Hammersmith”, inside front cover. Morris moved into this house in April 1879.
Date of evidence1879-1896
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1854-1937

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Provenance nameRosenthal, Jacques, 1854-1937 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteMS. post-card quote from Jacques Rosenthal to Charles Thomas-Stanford tipped to inside front cover. Postmarked 17 Dec. [18]98[?]
Date of evidence1898?
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1898? - 1924

PlaceBrighton (Geonames ID: 2654710)
Time period1898? - 1924
Provenance nameCharles Thomas-Stanford, 1858-1932 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate inside front cover. Below, clipping of the entry for this book in Thomas-Stanford's "Catalogue of a loan collection of early printed books" (Brighton, 1907, item 98).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price£60 (from Rosenthal quote).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteModern collation note with illegible initials, rear fly recto.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1903-1953

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Date of evidence1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1924 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino, California (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Time period1924 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850 - 1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
NoteBought Sept. 1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington [Corporate body] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Method of acquisitionBequest

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:50

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  02015273

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 85153

ISTC No.ib00812000
AuthorBoethius
TitleDe consolatione philosophie [Dutch & Latin]
ImprintGhent : Arend de Keysere, 3 May 1485
Formatf°
Languagedut
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
KeywordsEducation; Theology-moral; Theology-moral; Translation
Periodpatristic

Description of Copy

Copy Id02015273
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark85153
NoteCreated by Stephen Tabor.
This is the state with cancellandum a2, lacking the two-line heading “Dit es de tafele dienende desen nauolghenden ...” on the recto.
Size of leaves380 × 280 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteFinal blank doubtfully genuine.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1485 - 1500

Time period1485 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteMost initials supplied in red, except the largest ones which are left blank.
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteRubricated in red throughout.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Areae-be
Binding noteRebound, late C19, retaining original vellum paste-downs; original blind-stamped leather panels of both covers laid down (presumed Belgian). Traces of two fore-edge clasps.
Binding date15th cent.
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions396 × 296 × 95 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteEarly shelfmark on front fly verso: R.O.2. (“O” crossed out).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1485 - 1550

PlaceOud-Turnhout (Geonames ID: 2789483)
Time period1485 - 1550
Provenance nameJoannes Nicolai [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription, a1r: “Ad vsum Fr[atr]is Joannis Nicolai Canonici Regularis, professi in Corssendoncg | Corssendoncg” (i.e. the Priory of Corsendonk in Oud-Turnhout, Belgium?). Consequently presumed to have been the property of the priory.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1870 - 1896

PlaceHammersmith (Geonames ID: 2647567)
Time period1870 - 1896
Provenance nameWilliam Morris , 1834-1896 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note“From the library of William Morris Kelmscott House Hammersmith”, inside front cover. Morris moved into this house in April 1879.
Date of evidence1879-1896
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Provenance nameRosenthal, Jacques, 1854-1937 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteMS. post-card quote from Jacques Rosenthal to Charles Thomas-Stanford tipped to inside front cover. Postmarked 17 Dec. [18]98[?]
Date of evidence1898?
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1898? - 1924

PlaceBrighton (Geonames ID: 2654710)
Time period1898? - 1924
Provenance nameCharles Thomas-Stanford, 1858-1932 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate inside front cover. Below, clipping of the entry for this book in Thomas-Stanford's "Catalogue of a loan collection of early printed books" (Brighton, 1907, item 98).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price£60 (from Rosenthal quote).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteModern collation note with illegible initials, rear fly recto.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Date of evidence1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1924 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino, California (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Time period1924 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850 - 1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
NoteBought Sept. 1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino, California, United States (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington [Corporate body] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Method of acquisitionBequest

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:50