Historical Copy
: Phillipps
ISTC No.ia00945000
TitleArbolayre... [French] Le grant herbier en francois
ImprintParis : Pierre Le Caron, [about 1498]
Formatf°
Languagefrm
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordsherbals; plants; philosophy-natural
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02128077
Holding InstitutionHistorical Copy
ShelfmarkPhillipps
NoteCreated by Angeline Rais.
Provenance
1823
PlaceFribourg (Geonames ID: 2660718)
Areae-sz
Time period - 1823
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1823 -
1872
PlaceBroadway (Geonames ID: 2654628)
Note on provenance placeIn Middle Hill estate near Broadway until 1863 when he moved to Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham.
Areae-uk-en
Time period1823 - 1872
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePhillipps bought this book from the Jesuits of Fribourg in January 1823 through the bookseller Jean A. Lamy (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, c. 413, fols 11r and 16r for Lamy's bills). He recorded the purchase in a list headed ‘Empti de Collegio Jesuitarum apud Friburgi in Helvetia (vide priores)’ as 'Grand Herbier (Paris by P. Carron) no date' (see Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS Phillipps-Robinson, f. 72, fol. 8v). He catalogued this copy in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books’ (Middle Hill, 1824): Books from Berne – 6 boxes, in box 5: 'Le Grant Herbier en Francois. [Imprimis par Pierre le Caron de Paris.]', p. 3 and in his ‘Catalogue of Printed Books at Middle Hill’ (Middle Hill, 1828): ‘[no.] 2097 Le Grant Herbier, ex Français. folio. Paris, imprime par Pierre le Caron.’, p. 29.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding notePhillipps had this book rebound by George Bretherton on 13 May 1850 (see Oxford, Bodl., MSS Phillipps-Robinson, c. 692, fol. 23r).
Binding date19th cent.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1885 -
1938
PlaceCheltenham (Geonames ID: 2653261)
Note on provenance placeIn Thirlestaine House.
Areae-uk
Time period1885 - 1938
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFenwick, Phillipps's grandson, inherited the Phillipps library and started to sell it from 1885 onwards. After his death in 1938, the library passed to his nephew and the Fenwick Trustees. See A.N.L. Munby, Phillipps studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), pp. 14-21.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Provenance
1946 -
1950
Areae-uk-en
Time period1946 - 1950
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe Robinsons bought the residue of the 'Bibliotheca Phillippica' from the Fenwick Trustees on 19 February 1946 (A.N.L. Munby, Phillipps studies 5 (Cambridge, CUP, 1960), p. 104.
They offered this book in their catalogue 81 (1950), item 5 for £850.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price850 GBP Offered at £850.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-06-17 18:22:27