Material Evidence
in Incunabula

Princeton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US) : 33.2

ISTC No.ia00524000
TitleAlphabetum divini amoris
Imprint[Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1466-67]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Moral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02124118
Holding InstitutionPrinceton NJ, Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division (US)
CollectionScheide Library
Shelfmark33.2
NoteFormer shelfmark: SC Above 3.2
Also bound with this copyGerson, Johannes: De remediis contra pusillanimitatem contra deceptorias inimici consolationes eiusque tentationes. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00265000] (MEI ID: 02124253)
Gerson, Johannes: De meditatione cordis. Add: De oratione et valore eius; Expositio super psalmos poenitentiales. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00231000] (MEI ID: 02124250)
Gerson, Johannes: De custodia linguae et corde bene ruminanda. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00218000] (MEI ID: 02124252)
Gerson, Johannes: Opus tripartitum de praeceptis Decalogi, de confessione, et de arte moriendi. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00238000] (MEI ID: 02124249)
Gerson, Johannes: Conclusiones de diversis materiis moralibus, sive De regulis mandatorum. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00202000] (MEI ID: 02124254)
Gerson, Johannes: De efficacia orationis; De tentationibus diaboli; De exercitiis discretis devotorum simplicium. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00227000] (MEI ID: 02124251)
Gerson, Johannes: De pollutione nocturna. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00255000] (MEI ID: 02124248)
Gerson, Johannes: De cognitione castitatis et de pollutionibus diurnis; Forma absolutionis sacramentalis. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00194000] (MEI ID: 02124247)
NoteBound first in the volume.
Record created by John Lancaster.
Physical Description4 pinholes visible. Ms. catchwords.
Size of leaves213 × 134 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceMargaret Lane Ford, Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus: the dawn of printing: catalogue of the incunabula in the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, v. 1 (Amsterdam, 1990), no. 10.

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous Germany, 1470-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteIlluminated initial in red, blue, and gold on 1/1r, with extensions in red and brown penwork with green highlighting.
Ornamental lettersYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red; some ms. guide-letters in brown. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1956

PlaceBrussels (Geonames ID: 2800866)
Areae-be
Time period1850 - 1956
Provenance nameArenberg, Engelbert-Auguste d', 1824-1875 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Arenberg, Engelbert-Karl, Duke of, 1899 - 1974 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Documentary Evidence
NoteDistinctive label with blue border on spine, with number "218"; identified as that number in a ms. inventory of the library of the 8th duke by Elly Cockx-Indestege; also shelfmark "A, 1" in pencil on front pastedown. Purchased from the 10th duke in 1956 by H. P. Kraus, and listed in several catalogues between 1957 and 1987.
Binding noteLate 19th-century full tan polished calf, blindstamped in period style, with red Tudor rose onlaid in the center of each cover, spine with raised bands, parchment pastedowns, spine title stamped in black, Arenberg inventory label at head of spine, number "218". Contemporary ms. contents list on parchment trimmed and mounted on front free endleaf 1v.
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions225 × 155 × 47 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
certaintya
psourcea
e

provenance 1956 - 1988

placenameNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1956 - 1988
ownerKraus, H. P. <Hans Peter>, 1907 - 1988 (, )
provenanceType1
notePurchased by Kraus, 1956; listed in several catalogues before sale to Ritman in 1988. Pencil note on rear pastedown at upper left: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT". -- Kraus catalogues: 83 (1957), 71; 93 (1960), 60; 103 (1963), 4; 154 (1979), 38; 164 (1983), 103; and 173 (1986), 17.
methodofacqa
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1988 - 2011

PlaceAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
Areae-ne
Time period1988 - 2011
Provenance nameRitman, Joost R., 1941 - [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteFord records purchase by Ritman from Kraus, 1988; pencil note on rear pastedown: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT"; Shapero records provenance as Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (i.e. Ritman).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 2011 - 2012

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period2011 - 2012
Provenance nameShapero Rare Books, 1979- [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteItem 5 in Shapero catalogue "75 Incunables from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica", 2012.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 2012 - 2014

PlacePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
Arean-us-nj
Time period2012 - 2014
Provenance nameScheide, William Hurd, 1914 - 2014 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePencil note on front pastedown records purchase from Shapero, November 2012.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
psourcea

provenance 2014 -

placenamePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
arean-us-nj
timeperiod2014 -
ownerPrinceton University Library, 1750- (, )
provenanceType1
noteBequest of William H. Scheide, 2014.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2018-05-07 03:09:36

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copyId02124118
holdingInstitutionIdPrincetonUL
holdingInstitutionCollectionScheide Library
shelfmark33.2
NoteFormer shelfmark: SC Above 3.2
Also bound with this copyGerson, Johannes: De remediis contra pusillanimitatem contra deceptorias inimici consolationes eiusque tentationes. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00265000] (MEI ID: 02124253)
Gerson, Johannes: De meditatione cordis. Add: De oratione et valore eius; Expositio super psalmos poenitentiales. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1470 [ig00231000] (MEI ID: 02124250)
Gerson, Johannes: De custodia linguae et corde bene ruminanda. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00218000] (MEI ID: 02124252)
Gerson, Johannes: Opus tripartitum de praeceptis Decalogi, de confessione, et de arte moriendi. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00238000] (MEI ID: 02124249)
Gerson, Johannes: Conclusiones de diversis materiis moralibus, sive De regulis mandatorum. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00202000] (MEI ID: 02124254)
Gerson, Johannes: De efficacia orationis; De tentationibus diaboli; De exercitiis discretis devotorum simplicium. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467-72 [ig00227000] (MEI ID: 02124251)
Gerson, Johannes: De pollutione nocturna. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00255000] (MEI ID: 02124248)
Gerson, Johannes: De cognitione castitatis et de pollutionibus diurnis; Forma absolutionis sacramentalis. - Cologne : Ulrich Zel, about 1467 [ig00194000] (MEI ID: 02124247)
NoteBound first in the volume.
Record created by John Lancaster.
Physical Description4 pinholes visible. Ms. catchwords.
Size of leaves213 × 134 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceMargaret Lane Ford, Christ, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus: the dawn of printing: catalogue of the incunabula in the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, v. 1 (Amsterdam, 1990), no. 10.

Provenance 1470 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1470 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous Germany, 1470-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteIlluminated initial in red, blue, and gold on 1/1r, with extensions in red and brown penwork with green highlighting.
Ornamental lettersYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteOther initials, paragraph marks, and capital strokes added in red; some ms. guide-letters in brown. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1956

PlaceBrussels (Geonames ID: 2800866)
Areae-be
Time period1850 - 1956
Provenance nameArenberg, Engelbert-Auguste d', 1824-1875 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Arenberg, Engelbert-Karl, Duke of, 1899 - 1974 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Documentary Evidence
NoteDistinctive label with blue border on spine, with number "218"; identified as that number in a ms. inventory of the library of the 8th duke by Elly Cockx-Indestege; also shelfmark "A, 1" in pencil on front pastedown. Purchased from the 10th duke in 1956 by H. P. Kraus, and listed in several catalogues between 1957 and 1987.
Binding noteLate 19th-century full tan polished calf, blindstamped in period style, with red Tudor rose onlaid in the center of each cover, spine with raised bands, parchment pastedowns, spine title stamped in black, Arenberg inventory label at head of spine, number "218". Contemporary ms. contents list on parchment trimmed and mounted on front free endleaf 1v.
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions225 × 155 × 47 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1956 - 1988

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1956 - 1988
Provenance nameKraus, H. P. <Hans Peter>, 1907 - 1988 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased by Kraus, 1956; listed in several catalogues before sale to Ritman in 1988. Pencil note on rear pastedown at upper left: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT". -- Kraus catalogues: 83 (1957), 71; 93 (1960), 60; 103 (1963), 4; 154 (1979), 38; 164 (1983), 103; and 173 (1986), 17.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourcea
e
g

provenance 1988 - 2011

placenameAmsterdam (Geonames ID: 2759793)
areae-ne
timeperiod1988 - 2011
ownerRitman, Joost R., 1941 - (, )
provenanceType1
noteFord records purchase by Ritman from Kraus, 1988; pencil note on rear pastedown: "Kraus '88 KTUTTT"; Shapero records provenance as Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (i.e. Ritman).
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
e
f

provenance 2011 - 2012

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod2011 - 2012
ownerShapero Rare Books, 1979- (, )
provenanceType1
noteItem 5 in Shapero catalogue "75 Incunables from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica", 2012.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 2012 - 2014

placenamePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
arean-us-nj
timeperiod2012 - 2014
ownerScheide, William Hurd, 1914 - 2014 (, )
provenanceType1
notePencil note on front pastedown records purchase from Shapero, November 2012.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 2014 -

placenamePrinceton (Geonames ID: 5102922)
arean-us-nj
timeperiod2014 -
ownerPrinceton University Library, 1750- (, )
provenanceType1
noteBequest of William H. Scheide, 2014.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2018-05-07 03:09:36