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mei/02128146 \*34.15\Veni\J54\1478\Folio‬ [02128146]

New York NY, Grolier Club (US) : \*34.15\Veni\J54\1478\Folio‬

ISTC No.ib00216000
AuthorBartolus de Saxoferrato
TitleSuper prima parte Digesti novi. Add: Repetitio legis "Caesar. De publicanis"
ImprintVenice : Nicolaus Jenson, 1478
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLaw-Civil
Keywordseducation; commentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128146
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, Grolier Club (US)
Shelfmark\*34.15\Veni\J54\1478\Folio‬
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, with additional binding information from Michael Laird.
Physical DescriptionLacks leaves q7, q8, r1 and r2, and blank leaves a1 and z10.
Size of leaves424 × 270 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceCatalogue of early printed books presented to the Grolier Club by David Wolfe Bruce. Exhibited at the Grolier Club 1894 (New York: Grolier Club, 1894), no. 65.
Description of the early printed books owned by the Grolier Club (New York: Grolier Club, 1895), no. 65.

Provenance 1478 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1478 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1478-1500 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Anonymous annotator, Italy, 1478-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Binding noteContemporary full blind-tooled calf, without pastedowns, revealing supports laced into the boards (rebacked, with repairs to the leather on the covers, and with later gilt-stamped red leather title labels on spine); indications of two clasps on front cover; quire guards cut from a parchment ms. (identified by Michael Laird as 13th-century, 4 columns per page, small gothic bookhand, rubricated in red and blue; perhaps English?). Two tools identified by Laird as those reproduced by Gibson, Early Oxford bindings, Plate XXXIII, tools 3 and 17. Some modern conservation work documented on an inserted leaf, inserting new free endleaves.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions440 × 278 × 63 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesMarginal annotations scattered throughout. Those in the first half (through quire h) are in one hand, and very few; those from quire i onward in a different hand, including more extensive comments in several places. Leaf i1r is quite soiled; perhaps the second half of the copy was at one point separated at that leaf.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1655 - 1670

PlaceBroom (Geonames ID: 2654557)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1655 - 1670
Provenance nameJevon, Rachel, 1627- [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Writer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on a2r: "Ex dono Rachell Jevon".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1850 - 1866

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1850 - 1866
Provenance nameBruce, George, 1781-1866 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteBequeathed to his son, David Wolfe Bruce; no. 65 in the catalogue of the son's gift to the Grolier Club cited above. Acquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1866 - 1894

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1866 - 1894
Provenance nameBruce, David Wolfe, 1824-1895 [Person; Donor] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteInherited from his father in 1866; gift to the Grolier Club, 1894. No. 65 in the catalogues cited above.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1894 -

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1894 -
Provenance nameGrolier Club, 1884 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteGift of David Wolfe Bruce, 1894.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-13 21:44:35

All Copies

  02128146

New York NY, Grolier Club (US) : \*34.15\Veni\J54\1478\Folio‬

ISTC No.ib00216000
AuthorBartolus de Saxoferrato
TitleSuper prima parte Digesti novi. Add: Repetitio legis "Caesar. De publicanis"
ImprintVenice : Nicolaus Jenson, 1478
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLaw-Civil
Keywordseducation; commentary
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128146
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, Grolier Club (US)
Shelfmark\*34.15\Veni\J54\1478\Folio‬
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, with additional binding information from Michael Laird.
Physical DescriptionLacks leaves q7, q8, r1 and r2, and blank leaves a1 and z10.
Size of leaves424 × 270 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceCatalogue of early printed books presented to the Grolier Club by David Wolfe Bruce. Exhibited at the Grolier Club 1894 (New York: Grolier Club, 1894), no. 65.
Description of the early printed books owned by the Grolier Club (New York: Grolier Club, 1895), no. 65.

Provenance 1478 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1478 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1478-1500 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Anonymous annotator, Italy, 1478-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Binding noteContemporary full blind-tooled calf, without pastedowns, revealing supports laced into the boards (rebacked, with repairs to the leather on the covers, and with later gilt-stamped red leather title labels on spine); indications of two clasps on front cover; quire guards cut from a parchment ms. (identified by Michael Laird as 13th-century, 4 columns per page, small gothic bookhand, rubricated in red and blue; perhaps English?). Two tools identified by Laird as those reproduced by Gibson, Early Oxford bindings, Plate XXXIII, tools 3 and 17. Some modern conservation work documented on an inserted leaf, inserting new free endleaves.
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions440 × 278 × 63 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesMarginal annotations scattered throughout. Those in the first half (through quire h) are in one hand, and very few; those from quire i onward in a different hand, including more extensive comments in several places. Leaf i1r is quite soiled; perhaps the second half of the copy was at one point separated at that leaf.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1655 - 1670

PlaceBroom (Geonames ID: 2654557)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1655 - 1670
Provenance nameJevon, Rachel, 1627- [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Writer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on a2r: "Ex dono Rachell Jevon".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1850 - 1866

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1850 - 1866
Provenance nameBruce, George, 1781-1866 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteBequeathed to his son, David Wolfe Bruce; no. 65 in the catalogue of the son's gift to the Grolier Club cited above. Acquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1866 - 1894

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1866 - 1894
Provenance nameBruce, David Wolfe, 1824-1895 [Person; Donor] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteInherited from his father in 1866; gift to the Grolier Club, 1894. No. 65 in the catalogues cited above.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1894 -

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1894 -
Provenance nameGrolier Club, 1884 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteGift of David Wolfe Bruce, 1894.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-11-13 21:44:35