Athens, Onassis Library (GR)
: ΙΣΤ 69
ISTC No.im00342000
AuthorMarullus, Michael
TitleEpigrammatum libri IV. Hymnorum naturalium libri IV
ImprintFlorence : Societas Colubris (Compagnia del Drago), 26 Nov. 1497
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodhumanist
Description of Copy
Copy Id02015911
Holding InstitutionAthens, Onassis Library (GR)
ShelfmarkΙΣΤ 69
Notecreated by Vasiliki Vichou
Size of leaves210 × 138 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteThe copy has a handmade adornment on the title page: the title is contained within a banner – possibly due to Marullos’s military service – while the base is ornamented with his coat of arms. It also includes two leaves of errata and revisions, apparently composed by Marullus himself. There are copies recorded without these leaves.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1497 -
1500
PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1497 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
NoteThe copy has a handmade adornment on the first page: the title is contained within a banner, while the base is ornamented with his coat of arms. It is possibly his personal copy.
Decoration NoteOpening page illuminated, with initial I on gold ground, headline frames as a flag richly ornamented floral border with the arms of the Marullus family painted in colours
Illustration coloured in by handYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1949
PlaceHertfordshire (Geonames ID: 2647043)
Areae-uk-en
Time period - 1949
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
NoteBookplate pasted on the front pastedown with coat of arms with a head armour above the top of a mountain and motto "Pro viribus summis contendo ex libris" and the initials "A.E". Also a stamp itself with the initials A.E.
Binding Dimensions210 × 138 × 22 mm
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1949 -
1978
PlaceBroubourne (Geonames ID: 2654481)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1949 - 1978
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteEx libris bookplate "Bibliotheca Broxbourniana J. P.W.E. Ex dono 17 March 1949 A&R. E."
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1978 -
PlaceOssining (Geonames ID: 5130045)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1978 -
Provenance TypeInscription
Seller's mark/note
NoteA label pasted on back pastedown "William Salloch / Pines Bridge Road / Ossining, N.Y. 10562". Also included the page of the catalogue the incunabula was sold. no. 96, price $4,500.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price4500 USD Price included in the paper added from the catalogue, the owner published
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1970 -
2009
PlaceAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Areae-gr
Time period1970 - 2009
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate pasted on front pastedown with the script "Ex libris Κ. Σπ. Στάικος" (in greek)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
2009 -
PlaceAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Areae-gr
Time period2009 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteBookplate pasted on front pastedown with the script "Κοινωφελές Ίδρυμα Αλέξανδρος Σ. Ωνάσης Εκ της Βιβλιοθήκης" (in greek)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-05-28 17:07:50