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mei/02127409 Austin-Reynolds [02127409]

Historical Copy : Austin-Reynolds

ISTC No.iq00026000
AuthorQuintilianus, Marcus Fabius
TitleInstitutiones oratoriae. Ed: Omnibonus Leonicenus
Imprint[Venice] : Nicolaus Jenson, 21 May 1471
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
KeywordsEducation; Anthology; Classical studies
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02127409
Holding InstitutionHistorical Copy
ShelfmarkAustin-Reynolds
Copy HistoryCreated by Mark Bainbridge; rev. Cristina Dondi
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1447 - 1500

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1447 - 1500
Provenance nameMorton, John, 1420-1500 [Person] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration NoteContemporary decorated initials are supplied in red and blue with some reserved-white decoration and some floral penwork in red and brown ink coloured in yellow; this may either be Flemish or English, but not Italian.
Ornamental lettersYes
Coat of armsYes

Provenance 1509 - 1509

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1509 - 1509
Provenance nameCole, John, -1536 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSee inscription on the first text page, below.

Provenance 1509 - 1522

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1509 - 1522
Provenance nameHone, William, -1522 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first text page: 'Liber Guilielmi Hone emptus a magistro Ioanne Cole anno MDIX xxiiij die maij precium - v s'.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Manuscript notesSeveral marginal and interlinear annotations in Hone's hand, including the provision of running rubrication in brown ink; see in particular the use of a distinctive final "s", also used in the price note.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CollationYes
CommentsYes
Price5 soldi Purchased in Oxford in 1509 for 5 soldi
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1750 - 1750

PlaceWakefield (Yorkshire) (Geonames ID: 2634910)
Areae-uk
Time period1750 - 1750
Provenance nameCookson, John, 1700-1779 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Physician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSee the inscription on the front pastedown, below.
Date of evidence1750
Binding noteEighteenth-century panelled calf, re-backed with nineteenth-century gild spine; front hinge repaired. Not sure whether Coockson or Rockingham is responsible for it
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusRebound
ToolingBlind

Provenance 1750 - 1782

PlaceWentworth (Yorkshire) (Geonames ID: 7300750)
Areae-uk
Time period1750 - 1782
Provenance nameRockingham, Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquis of, 1730-1782 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front pastedown: 'Ex dono Johannis Cookson Professoris Med. eminentis. apud Wakefield Com: Ebor: 1750 | Rockingham'.
Method of acquisitionDonation

Provenance 1872 - 1943

PlaceWentworth Woodhouse (Geonames ID: 2639093)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1943
Provenance nameFitzwilliam, William Charles de Meuron, 1872-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Exlibris
Motto
NoteArmorial bookplate with the motto 'Appetitus ratione pareat'
Method of acquisitionBequest

Provenance 1951 - 1951

PlaceGuildford (Geonames ID: 2647793)
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1951
Provenance nameTraylen, Charles W. , -2002 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence

Provenance 1951 - 1974

PlaceCardiff (Geonames ID: 2653822)
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1974
Provenance nameAustin, Roland Gregory, 1901-1974 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Mynors, R. A. B. (Roger Aubrey Baskerville), 1903-1989 [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Emden, Alfred Brotherston, 1888-1979 [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteCorrespondence with R.A.B. Mynors, A.B. Emden, and W. Telfen, Canon of Faversham, on former owners, is kept inside the book
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price£90 GBP Purchased in 1951 for £90, plus £1.18s for rebacking
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1974 - 2018

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1974 - 2018
Provenance nameReynolds, Leighton, 1930-1999 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe collection remained in Reynolds' house until 2018.
Method of acquisitionBequest

Other Information

Last Edit2019-01-02 11:43:55

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  02127409

Historical Copy : Austin-Reynolds

ISTC No.iq00026000
AuthorQuintilianus, Marcus Fabius
TitleInstitutiones oratoriae. Ed: Omnibonus Leonicenus
Imprint[Venice] : Nicolaus Jenson, 21 May 1471
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
KeywordsEducation; Anthology; Classical studies
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02127409
Holding InstitutionHistorical Copy
ShelfmarkAustin-Reynolds
Copy HistoryCreated by Mark Bainbridge; rev. Cristina Dondi
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1447 - 1500

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1447 - 1500
Provenance nameMorton, John, 1420-1500 [Person] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Decoration NoteContemporary decorated initials are supplied in red and blue with some reserved-white decoration and some floral penwork in red and brown ink coloured in yellow; this may either be Flemish or English, but not Italian.
Ornamental lettersYes
Coat of armsYes

Provenance 1509 - 1509

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1509 - 1509
Provenance nameCole, John, -1536 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSee inscription on the first text page, below.

Provenance 1509 - 1522

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1509 - 1522
Provenance nameHone, William, -1522 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on first text page: 'Liber Guilielmi Hone emptus a magistro Ioanne Cole anno MDIX xxiiij die maij precium - v s'.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Manuscript notesSeveral marginal and interlinear annotations in Hone's hand, including the provision of running rubrication in brown ink; see in particular the use of a distinctive final "s", also used in the price note.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CollationYes
CommentsYes
Price5 soldi Purchased in Oxford in 1509 for 5 soldi
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1750 - 1750

PlaceWakefield (Yorkshire) (Geonames ID: 2634910)
Areae-uk
Time period1750 - 1750
Provenance nameCookson, John, 1700-1779 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Physician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteSee the inscription on the front pastedown, below.
Date of evidence1750
Binding noteEighteenth-century panelled calf, re-backed with nineteenth-century gild spine; front hinge repaired. Not sure whether Coockson or Rockingham is responsible for it
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusRebound
ToolingBlind

Provenance 1750 - 1782

PlaceWentworth (Yorkshire) (Geonames ID: 7300750)
Areae-uk
Time period1750 - 1782
Provenance nameRockingham, Watson-Wentworth, Charles, 2nd Marquis of, 1730-1782 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front pastedown: 'Ex dono Johannis Cookson Professoris Med. eminentis. apud Wakefield Com: Ebor: 1750 | Rockingham'.
Method of acquisitionDonation

Provenance 1872 - 1943

PlaceWentworth Woodhouse (Geonames ID: 2639093)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1872 - 1943
Provenance nameFitzwilliam, William Charles de Meuron, 1872-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Exlibris
Motto
NoteArmorial bookplate with the motto 'Appetitus ratione pareat'
Method of acquisitionBequest

Provenance 1951 - 1951

PlaceGuildford (Geonames ID: 2647793)
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1951
Provenance nameTraylen, Charles W. , -2002 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence

Provenance 1951 - 1974

PlaceCardiff (Geonames ID: 2653822)
Areae-uk
Time period1951 - 1974
Provenance nameAustin, Roland Gregory, 1901-1974 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Mynors, R. A. B. (Roger Aubrey Baskerville), 1903-1989 [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Emden, Alfred Brotherston, 1888-1979 [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Scholar)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteCorrespondence with R.A.B. Mynors, A.B. Emden, and W. Telfen, Canon of Faversham, on former owners, is kept inside the book
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price£90 GBP Purchased in 1951 for £90, plus £1.18s for rebacking
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1974 - 2018

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk
Time period1974 - 2018
Provenance nameReynolds, Leighton, 1930-1999 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe collection remained in Reynolds' house until 2018.
Method of acquisitionBequest

Other Information

Last Edit2019-01-02 11:43:55