San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 99967
ISTC No.ia00125000
AuthorAesopus
TitleAesopus moralisatus [Latin]
Imprint[Florence : Apud Sanctum Jacobum de Ripoli, before 24 Oct. 1483]
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02122902
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark 99967
NoteRecord created by Matilde Malaspina.
Size of leaves240 × 150 mm
Support material (book)Paper
Other Identifier387 (GW)
Provenance
1483 -
1550
Areae-it
Time period1483 - 1550
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Decoration NoteSeries of pen and watercolour drawings representing the first eleven fables, from ‘De gallo et iaspide’ to ‘De apro et asino’). The figurative representations are extremely vivid although rather elementary from a technical and stylistic point of view, and are accompanied by captions which express the meaning of the story in the form of dialogues. On a1r the wolf addresses the lamb, accusing him: "tu m’intorbidi l’acqua", which translates line 5 of the fable: 'rupisti potumque michi rivoque decorem'. Both illustrations and captions were made by a late 15th- or early 16th-century Italian hand. The same hand is also responsible for other sketches which remained uncoloured throughout the book, and the insertion of interlinear and marginal notes mainly concerning the meaning or synonyms of some words (see below).
IlluminationsYes
Manuscript notesA series of marginal manuscript captions for the drawings, in a late 15th- or early 16th-century Northern Italian hand (possibly that of a young student learning Latin) on a1r-a3r. The same hand is responsible for a series of interlinear corrections and marginal notes on a4r and b4r-v. See for instance on b4r, 'cessi' corrected to 'gessi' (line 18); 'abest' translated as 'non est presens' (line 16); 'penam' translated as 'tormentum' (line 17), etc.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookFirst half
DrawingsYes
Provenance
1850 -
1888
PlaceKeele Hall
Areae-uk
Time period1850 - 1888
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn the front paste-down, Sneyd's round paper armorial bookplate: 'Ex libris Walteri Sneyd'.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteBrown calf over pasteboard. Two double fillet concentric rectangular frames on the front and rear covers; small leaves in the four corners, repeated five times on the spine. Oval centrepiece on the front and rear covers, embossed with a flower motifs. On the spine, red label with the title 'Aesopi fabulae' tooled in gold. Marbled endpapers.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions248 × 170 × 7 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1900 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1900 - 1936
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThis copy is lot 8 in the catalogue of the Sotheby's sale of Sneyd's library (London, 16-19 Dec. 1903); the annotated copy of the catalogue at the Huntington Library (Z997.S67) records that the book was acquired by [Frederick Startridge] Ellis for £17 5s. (see "Catalogue of a selected portion of the library of valuable and choice illuminated and other manuscripts and rare early printed books, the property of the late Rev. Walter Sneyd. Sold at auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 16 Dec. & 3 following days", 1903, p. 2, lot 8.)
Date of evidence1903
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Manuscript notesOn the front pastedown, inscription in pencil, possibly from the shop of Ellis: “This is probably the Esop of which the only notice is that 24 copies were sold in 1483 to Gio di Nato. Bologna”. "Bologna" refers to Pietro Bologna, "La stamperia Fiorentina del Monastero di S. Jacopo di Ripoli e le sue edizioni", Torino, 1893. (Inscription kindly read by John Lancaster.)
Price17,5 £ From the Huntington annotated copy of the 1903 auction catalogue (see above).
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1903 -
1925
PlaceSan Francisco (Geonames ID: 5391959)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1903 - 1925
Provenance TypeInscription
Documentary Evidence
Note'Vollbehr 10754' in pencil on the second front flyleaf, top right corner. On the verso of the first front flyleaf, in pencil: 'Ex Bibl. Vollbehr'. Recorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Vollbehr in 1925.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1925 -
1927
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1925 - 1927
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteRecorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Vollbehr in 1925 (part of a lot of 2000 incunables). See J.A. Dane, 'Abstractions of evidence in the study of manuscripts and early printed books', p. 160, with further bibliography.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1927 -
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
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