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mei/02018559 IB.6738 [02018559]

London, British Library (GB) : IB.6738

ISTC No.ij00603000
AuthorJustinianus
TitleLibri feudorum (with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius) [German] Das büch des kaiserlichen Lehenrecht (Tr: Jodocus Pflanzmann)
ImprintAugsburg : Erhard Ratdolt, 1493
Formatf°
Languageger
full ISTC record
SubjectLaw-Civil
Keywordseducation; commentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02018559
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIB.6738
NoteNot in BMC
NoteCreated by A. Panzanelli
Physical DescriptionThe book is preserved within a case together with the document which testifies its deposit at the British Museum in permanent loan, signed by Mr and Mrs Ehrman and by the British Museum curators, with two dates (9 Sept 1959 and 6 Feb 1960, Mr Ehrman's birthday); a note typed (likely by the bookseller) and a description taken from a printed catalogue (?).
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteWith woodcut wrappers printed by Ratdolt in 1494; apparently an imitation of the wrappers that Zeissenmair had provided for his edition (1494) of the same text, which was in fact a reprint of Ratdolt (on this: H.M. Nixon, entry no. 6 in: Broxbourne Library).
Support material (book)Paper
SourceBroxbourne Library. Styles and designs of Bookbindings from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century, selected and described by H.M. Nixon, with an Introduction by. A. Ehrman. London: Maggs for the Broxbourne Library, 1961, pp. 14-17.

Provenance 1494 - 1494

PlaceAugsburg (Geonames ID: 2954172)
Areae-gx
Time period1494 - 1494
Provenance nameRatdolt, Erhard, 1447 - 1528 [Person; Printer] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note'Thick paper wrappers, formed by pasting together three leaves of paper of normal thickness. Both covers are decorated with woodcuts with a border of white foliage on a black ground. The cut on the upper cover has a centre panel in which has been printed in the type used in the headlines of the book' a title with the date 1494 (M.cccc.lxxxiiii). ' The centre panel of the lower cover has an empty shield' (Nixon in : Broxbourne, p. 14)
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeSewn textblock (unbound)
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions265 × 187 × 8 mm
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Provenance 1525 - 1575

Areae-gx
Time period1525 - 1575
Provenance nameAnonymous, Germany, 1525 -1575 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Historic ShelfmarkC.CXXVII.35, written in ink on the upper portion of the spine. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 9)
C.XXXIII | 32, in ink inside the front wrapper (Shelfmark pattern No.: 9)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1950

PlaceLaasphe i.W. (Geonames ID: 2882091)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1950
Provenance nameFuerstlich Wittgensteinsche Bibliothek , 1187-1950 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Note'From the Fürstlich Wittgensteinsche Bibliothek, Shloss Wittgenstein an der Lahn, Laasphe i.W.' (Nixon, Broxbourne Library, p. 14)
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1950 - 1952

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1950 - 1952
Provenance nameEisemann, Heinrich, 1890 - 1972 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Note'Acquired from H. Eisemann in 1952' (Nixon in Broxbourne Library, p. 14). A slip is preserved with the book with the following text, likely provided by Eisemann: 'Dear Mr Ehrman, I overlooked to tell you regarding the whereabouts of the RATDOLT cartonnage. It comes from the Fuerstlich Wittgenstein'sche Bibliothek auf Schloss Wittgenstein an der Lahn, Laasphe i.W. and was sold on Spet. [sic] 27, 1950.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1952 - 1959

PlaceBroxbourne (Geonames ID: 2654481)
Areae-uk
Time period1952 - 1959
Provenance nameEhrman, Albert, 1890 - 1969 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteBooklabel of the Broxbourne library (with motto PRO VIRIBUS SUMMIS CONTENDO) pasted on the inside of the front wrapper.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkAE R 1102, in ink, on the upper right hand corner on the inside of the lower wrapper.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Provenance 1960 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1960 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Bibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
Documentary Evidence
Method of acquisitionDonation
StampsStamp of the British Musum, in the shape of B[crown]M, in green, on a2v and on the verso of the last printed leaf. Above the latter, there is a date, in pencil: 13 July 1963. Likely it refers to when the stamp has been applied (originally the book was 'not to be stamped' as given in permanent loan).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2020-08-17 09:11:37

All Copies

  02018559

London, British Library (GB) : IB.6738

ISTC No.ij00603000
AuthorJustinianus
TitleLibri feudorum (with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius) [German] Das büch des kaiserlichen Lehenrecht (Tr: Jodocus Pflanzmann)
ImprintAugsburg : Erhard Ratdolt, 1493
Formatf°
Languageger
full ISTC record
SubjectLaw-Civil
Keywordseducation; commentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02018559
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIB.6738
NoteNot in BMC
NoteCreated by A. Panzanelli
Physical DescriptionThe book is preserved within a case together with the document which testifies its deposit at the British Museum in permanent loan, signed by Mr and Mrs Ehrman and by the British Museum curators, with two dates (9 Sept 1959 and 6 Feb 1960, Mr Ehrman's birthday); a note typed (likely by the bookseller) and a description taken from a printed catalogue (?).
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteWith woodcut wrappers printed by Ratdolt in 1494; apparently an imitation of the wrappers that Zeissenmair had provided for his edition (1494) of the same text, which was in fact a reprint of Ratdolt (on this: H.M. Nixon, entry no. 6 in: Broxbourne Library).
Support material (book)Paper
SourceBroxbourne Library. Styles and designs of Bookbindings from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century, selected and described by H.M. Nixon, with an Introduction by. A. Ehrman. London: Maggs for the Broxbourne Library, 1961, pp. 14-17.

Provenance 1494 - 1494

PlaceAugsburg (Geonames ID: 2954172)
Areae-gx
Time period1494 - 1494
Provenance nameRatdolt, Erhard, 1447 - 1528 [Person; Printer] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note'Thick paper wrappers, formed by pasting together three leaves of paper of normal thickness. Both covers are decorated with woodcuts with a border of white foliage on a black ground. The cut on the upper cover has a centre panel in which has been printed in the type used in the headlines of the book' a title with the date 1494 (M.cccc.lxxxiiii). ' The centre panel of the lower cover has an empty shield' (Nixon in : Broxbourne, p. 14)
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeSewn textblock (unbound)
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions265 × 187 × 8 mm
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Provenance 1525 - 1575

Areae-gx
Time period1525 - 1575
Provenance nameAnonymous, Germany, 1525 -1575 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Historic ShelfmarkC.CXXVII.35, written in ink on the upper portion of the spine. (Shelfmark pattern No.: 9)
C.XXXIII | 32, in ink inside the front wrapper (Shelfmark pattern No.: 9)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1950

PlaceLaasphe i.W. (Geonames ID: 2882091)
Areae-gx
Time period - 1950
Provenance nameFuerstlich Wittgensteinsche Bibliothek , 1187-1950 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Note'From the Fürstlich Wittgensteinsche Bibliothek, Shloss Wittgenstein an der Lahn, Laasphe i.W.' (Nixon, Broxbourne Library, p. 14)
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1950 - 1952

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1950 - 1952
Provenance nameEisemann, Heinrich, 1890 - 1972 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Note'Acquired from H. Eisemann in 1952' (Nixon in Broxbourne Library, p. 14). A slip is preserved with the book with the following text, likely provided by Eisemann: 'Dear Mr Ehrman, I overlooked to tell you regarding the whereabouts of the RATDOLT cartonnage. It comes from the Fuerstlich Wittgenstein'sche Bibliothek auf Schloss Wittgenstein an der Lahn, Laasphe i.W. and was sold on Spet. [sic] 27, 1950.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

Provenance 1952 - 1959

PlaceBroxbourne (Geonames ID: 2654481)
Areae-uk
Time period1952 - 1959
Provenance nameEhrman, Albert, 1890 - 1969 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteBooklabel of the Broxbourne library (with motto PRO VIRIBUS SUMMIS CONTENDO) pasted on the inside of the front wrapper.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Historic ShelfmarkAE R 1102, in ink, on the upper right hand corner on the inside of the lower wrapper.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Provenance 1960 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1960 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Bibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
Documentary Evidence
Method of acquisitionDonation
StampsStamp of the British Musum, in the shape of B[crown]M, in green, on a2v and on the verso of the last printed leaf. Above the latter, there is a date, in pencil: 13 July 1963. Likely it refers to when the stamp has been applied (originally the book was 'not to be stamped' as given in permanent loan).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2020-08-17 09:11:37