San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 499856
ISTC No.is00503000
AuthorSilius Italicus
TitlePunica. Ed: Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria. Add: Calpurnius et Nemesianus: Bucolica. Hesiodus: Opera et dies (Tr: Nicolaus de Valle. Prelim: Nicolaus de Valle: Epistola Pio II)
ImprintRome : Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [not before 5 Apr. 1471]
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectHistory
Keywordscollection; poetry
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02127129
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark499856
NoteRecord created by Stephen Tabor.
Size of leaves330 × 216 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteCalpurnius/Nemesianus and Hesiodus only; for the Silius see Huntington 105171 (separately acquired but also a Sunderland book). [A]1 and [2b]6 are probably not original blanks.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1700 -
1722
Areae-uk
Time period1700 - 1722
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Documentary Evidence
NotePuttick & Simpson, "Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana" (1881), item 2273.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteCitron morocco, second quarter of 18th century, gilt tooling, marbled endpapers. Sewn on six supports. Brown (formerly black?) leather spine label in second compartment, tooled in gold reading up: “CALPHURN: | BUCOLICA.” In third panel, tooled direct: “SINE | DATO.”
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions337 × 229 × 15 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Historic ShelfmarkSunderland shelfmark in brown ink, in upper left corner on verso of first front free endpaper: “B3: 68”. Below, in pencil, "54.e.5".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1749 -
1881
PlaceWoodstock, England (Geonames ID: 2633618)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1749 - 1881
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePuttick & Simpson, "Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana" (1881), item 2273. This was the portion of the library housed at Blenheim Palace.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1881 -
1885
Areae-uk-en
Time period1881 - 1885
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteQuaritch listed as purchaser in the printed results of the Sunderland sale (1881), hammer price £11.
Not found in "A General Catalogue of Books", 1887-92, which listed the companion Silius volume.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price11 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1885 -
1888
PlaceLakelands, Blackrock (Cork) (Geonames ID: 2643160)
Areae-ie
Time period1885 - 1888
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteCatalogue listing, apparently of this copy, pasted to top of front paste-down. Item 570, annotated in MS. “13/3/91. Sotheby £i.m/-“. This would be from the Sotheby sale of the Lakelands library of William Crawford. [Huntington copy of this reference is missing.] Date and means of acquisition unknown, but possibly from Quaritch.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1891 -
1920
Time period1891 - 1920
Provenance nameBlades [Former Owner]
NoteChristie's, "The Library of William Foyle", pt. 2, 11 July 2000:145 ("£2.5 to Blades"). This cannot be William Blades the bibliographer, who died the previous year.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price2.5 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1920 -
1963
PlaceMaldon, Essex (Geonames ID: 2643160)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1920 - 1963
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteChristie's sale, "The Library of William Foyle", pt. 2, 11 July 2000:145. Date and means of acquisition unknown.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1963 -
1999
PlaceMaldon, Essex (Geonames ID: 2643160)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1963 - 1999
Provenance TypeUnknown
NoteIt is assumed that Christina Foyle inherited this book from her father William. Christie's sale, "The Library of William Foyle", pt. 2, 11 July 2000:145.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
2000 -
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period2000 -
Provenance TypeShelfmark
Documentary Evidence
NoteBought by the Huntington at the Foyle sale, 11 July 2000.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price18800 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2019-07-02 06:57:52