Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
: Inc 2081
ISTC No.iv00188000
AuthorVergilius Maro, Publius
TitleOpera [Bucolica and Georgica, with argumenta (comm. Servius and Landinus); Aeneis, with argumenta (comm. Servius, Donatus and Landinus)]. Add: Maphaeus Vegius: Liber XIII Aeneidos. Additional texts
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 1492
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscollection; poetry; commentary
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02018386
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 2081
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves300 × 207 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 722
Provenance
1600 -
1800
Areae
Time period1600 - 1800
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesInitials, not by a decorator or scribe, added in brown.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1713 -
1713
Areae-uk-en
Time period1713 - 1713
Provenance nameNelson, William [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteInscription on blank π1r (twice): "Liber Guilielmj Nelsonj", followed by what appears to be a price: "1[£] v[d] vj[p]"; below is a date, "3d. Aug. [17]13", which seems to be associated with the inscriptions.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteHalf 18th-century calf and marbled boards; edges speckled red.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Price1/5/6 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1875 -
1922
Arean-us-ma
Time period1875 - 1922
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteRecorded by Harvard as Sawyer's gift, 1875.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1875 -
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1875 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
Note30 September 1875—Gift of George A. Sawyer.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2017-06-17 21:20:13