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mei/02125577 Inc 7803 [02125577]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 7803

ISTC No.ij00020000
AuthorJacobus de Clusa
TitleDe animabus exutis a corporibus, sive De apparitionibus et receptaculis animarum
ImprintBurgdorf : [Printer of Jacobus de Clusa (H 9349*)], 1475
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-speculative
KeywordsPhilosophy-natural
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02125577
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 7803
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves284 × 202 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 1267

Provenance 1475 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1475 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous, Germany, 1475-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlinings added in red. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1775 - 1797

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1775 - 1797
Provenance nameEdwards, James <London, Bookseller>, 1757 - 1816 [Person; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
NoteWodhull's note of acquisition: "Edwards"; bought 1797 for £2/2/0. Not found in the 1796 Edwards catalogue.
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1799 - 1816

placenameThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1799 - 1816
ownerWodhull, Michael, 1740 - 1816 (, )
provenanceType1
1
1
1
noteWodhull's autograph, acquisition note ("Edwards"), price("£2:2s:-d., bind & mend 1:6:-"), and date "Nov: 29th 1799" on front flyleaf and date "June 3d 1802" at end (i.e., when he finished reading the book). No. 776 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, January 1886.
bindingNote18th-century red straight-grain morocco with the arms of Michael Wodhull stamped in gilt on front cover.
bindingDatev
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions292 × 211 × 13 mm
certaintya
psourcea
c
e

provenance 1826 - 1899

placenameThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
areae-uk
timeperiod1826 - 1899
ownerSeverne, John Edmund , 1826 - 1899 (, )
provenanceType1
noteWodhull's library was bequeathed in 1816 to his sister-in-law, Mary Ingram, who left it in 1824 to Samuel Amy Severne; it last belonged to J. E. Severne, M.P., who sold it by auction in 1886 (Sotheby's). The purchaser is recorded as Quaritch, for £5, in an annotated copy of the sale catalogue at Harvard.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 1886 - 1886

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk
timeperiod1886 - 1886
ownerQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 (, )
provenanceType1
noteQuaritch is recorded as the purchaser at the Wodhull-Severne sale; he was acting for Hunnewell, as the latter's acquisition note shows.
methodofacqa
Price5 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1886 - 1919

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1886 - 1919
Provenance nameHunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Hunnewell, James Melville, 1879 - 1954 [Person; Donor] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePurchased by James Frothingham Hunnewell at the Wodhull sale, through Quaritch; his acquisition note records a price of £5/10/0 (that is, the sale price of £5 plus 10% commission); inherited by his son James Melville Hunnewell on his father's death in 1910; given to Harvard in 1919.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price5/10/0 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1919 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1919 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteFrom James M. Hunnewell, January 1919.
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 Edit2019-06-16 23:00:55

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  02125577

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 7803

ISTC No.ij00020000
AuthorJacobus de Clusa
TitleDe animabus exutis a corporibus, sive De apparitionibus et receptaculis animarum
ImprintBurgdorf : [Printer of Jacobus de Clusa (H 9349*)], 1475
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-speculative
KeywordsPhilosophy-natural
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02125577
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 7803
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves284 × 202 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 1267

Provenance 1475 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1475 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous, Germany, 1475-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlinings added in red. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1775 - 1797

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1775 - 1797
Provenance nameEdwards, James <London, Bookseller>, 1757 - 1816 [Person; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
NoteWodhull's note of acquisition: "Edwards"; bought 1797 for £2/2/0. Not found in the 1796 Edwards catalogue.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1799 - 1816

PlaceThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1799 - 1816
Provenance nameWodhull, Michael, 1740 - 1816 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
provenanceType1
1
1
1
noteWodhull's autograph, acquisition note ("Edwards"), price("£2:2s:-d., bind & mend 1:6:-"), and date "Nov: 29th 1799" on front flyleaf and date "June 3d 1802" at end (i.e., when he finished reading the book). No. 776 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, January 1886.
bindingNote18th-century red straight-grain morocco with the arms of Michael Wodhull stamped in gilt on front cover.
bindingDatev
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions292 × 211 × 13 mm
certaintya
psourcea
c
e

provenance 1826 - 1899

placenameThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
areae-uk
timeperiod1826 - 1899
ownerSeverne, John Edmund , 1826 - 1899 (, )
provenanceType1
noteWodhull's library was bequeathed in 1816 to his sister-in-law, Mary Ingram, who left it in 1824 to Samuel Amy Severne; it last belonged to J. E. Severne, M.P., who sold it by auction in 1886 (Sotheby's). The purchaser is recorded as Quaritch, for £5, in an annotated copy of the sale catalogue at Harvard.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 1886 - 1886

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk
timeperiod1886 - 1886
ownerQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 (, )
provenanceType1
noteQuaritch is recorded as the purchaser at the Wodhull-Severne sale; he was acting for Hunnewell, as the latter's acquisition note shows.
methodofacqa
price5 pounds sterling
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 1886 - 1919

placenameBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1886 - 1919
ownerHunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832 - 1910 (, )
Hunnewell, James Melville, 1879 - 1954 (, )
provenanceType1
notePurchased by James Frothingham Hunnewell at the Wodhull sale, through Quaritch; his acquisition note records a price of £5/10/0 (that is, the sale price of £5 plus 10% commission); inherited by his son James Melville Hunnewell on his father's death in 1910; given to Harvard in 1919.
methodofacqa
Price5/10/0 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1919 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1919 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteFrom James M. Hunnewell, January 1919.
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 Edit2019-06-16 23:00:55