San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 99984
ISTC No.ia00155000
AuthorAesopus
TitleVita (after Rinucius) et Aesopus moralisatus [Latin and Italian] (Adapted, with additions, by Francesco del Tuppo, tr)
ImprintNaples : [for] Francesco del Tuppo, 13 Feb. 1485
Formatf°
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02122908
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark99984
NoteRecord created by Matilde Malaspina.
Size of leaves292 × 210 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteWanting a1r (blank)
Support material (book)Paper
Other Identifier441 (GW)
Provenance
1475 -
1525
Areae-it
Time period1475 - 1525
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Manuscript notesAn Italian 16th-century hand fills in the lacuna in the Latin text of the fable 'De viro et uxore fabula L' (leaf [s4r]), in a small brown cursive script, in the right margin: 'Inquit tunc miles: Nil feci; dentibus ille, Quern male servavi, deficiebat enim. Ne timeas, inquit mulier, lapidemque revolvens, Denies huic misero fregit in ore viro'. The same hand is responsible for occasional corrections and annotations throughout the book, see for instance leaf [y7r] with 'picho' corrected in 'pichio' in the right margin.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1550 -
1650
Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1650
Provenance TypeInscription
Decoration
NoteInscription in light brown ink at foot of [a2r], later crossed out in black ink and now cropped. The inscription also included an emblem, with an escutcheon truncated and bipartite, the upper half containing two stars. The same emblem is drawn in the garland which is part of the woodcut border at the beginning of the fables on leaf [g1r] (see below).
Decoration NoteAll the illustrations have been water-coloured by an amateur decorator. The colouring is not completed in any of the woodcuts and in many of them only one of two colours have been added. Colours used include green, light yellow, vivid red and light blue. Some of the borders have also been touched in yellow and/or red.
The shield of the woodcut border marking the beginning of the fables, on [g1r], was filled with the truncated and bipartite escutcheon already seen on [a2r], this time coloured in red and uncropped.
Illustration coloured in by handYes
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1850 -
1925
Areae-fr
Time period1850 - 1925
Provenance TypeInscription
Documentary Evidence
NoteA note on the front pastedown of the copy, most likely written when the book was already in the Huntington Library collection, says that it came 'From Alfred Lindeboom coll. Paris, sold 1925 to Maggs Bros'.
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1841 -
1924
Areae-fr
Time period1841 - 1924
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteGreen morocco signed by Gruel on the inside bottom of the front cover. 'Aesop Fabulae' and 'Napoli 1485' tooled in gilt on the spine. Gilt edges.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions260 × 195 × 40 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1925 -
Areae-uk-en
Time period1925 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteA note in pencil on the front pastedown informs that the book was 'From Alfred Lindeboom coll. Paris, sold 1925 to Maggs Bros'.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1903 -
1926
PlaceSan Francisco (Geonames ID: 5391959)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1903 - 1926
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 February 1926 in the Huntington Library online record for this copy.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1926 -
1927
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1926 - 1927
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteRecorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Otto Vollbehr in February 1926 (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; and the Huntington Library online catalogue.
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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