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mei/02128598 P182 [02128598]

Wellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US) : P182

ISTC No.ic00341000
AuthorCavalca, Domenico
TitlePungi lingua
ImprintFlorence : [Bartolommeo di Libri], 10 June 1494
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Keywordsliterature-moral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128598
Holding InstitutionWellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US)
CollectionPlimpton Collection
ShelfmarkP182
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster; woodcut note by Lilian Armstrong.
Physical DescriptionLacks leaves a1.8 (a1r had woodcut of Savonarola addressing Abbess and nuns. See Lilian Armstrong, La Xilografia nel Libro Italiano del Quattrocento: Un percorso tra gli incunaboli del Seminario Vescovile di Padova, trans. Lucia Mariani, Ed. Paola Maria Farina, Milan: EDUCatt, 2015, p. 121 and Fig. 61).
Size of leaves210 × 144 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceMargaret Hastings Jackson, Catalogue of the Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton collection of Italian books and manuscripts in the library of Wellesley College, no. 182 (p. 93-94).

Provenance 1600 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1600 - 1800
Provenance nameBibliotheca S. Franciscus Ignatius [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on a2r: "Ex Bibliothecae S. Francisci Engatiij".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-it
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1850-1875 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Anonymous, Italy, 1870-1870 [Person] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteDate on front free endleaf 1r at upper left: "21 giugno 1870"; below it is a clipped very short description of the edition, probably printed in the 18th century, from the type and paper.
Binding noteParchment over boards; spine gilt, with gilt-stamped red leather labels; edges stained blue (from an earlier binding).
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions220 × 147 × 42 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1890

Areae-uk-en
Time period1875 - 1890
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, England, 1875-1890 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteClipped bookseller's catalogue description on front pastedown, item 3038 in an unidentified catalogue, priced £1 10s.
Price1.10.0 pounds sterling Price at which the book was offered.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1890 - 1900

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1890 - 1900
Provenance namePlimpton, Frances Taylor Pearsons, 1861-1900 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteAcquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1900 - 1901

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1900 - 1901
Provenance namePlimpton, George Arthur , 1855 - 1936 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteInherited from his wife; donated to Wellesley College in 1901.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceWellesley (Geonames ID: 4954738)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameWellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College, 1870- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteThe gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1901.
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 Edit2019-09-23 14:36:50

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  02128598

Wellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US) : P182

ISTC No.ic00341000
AuthorCavalca, Domenico
TitlePungi lingua
ImprintFlorence : [Bartolommeo di Libri], 10 June 1494
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Keywordsliterature-moral
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128598
Holding InstitutionWellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US)
CollectionPlimpton Collection
ShelfmarkP182
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster; woodcut note by Lilian Armstrong.
Physical DescriptionLacks leaves a1.8 (a1r had woodcut of Savonarola addressing Abbess and nuns. See Lilian Armstrong, La Xilografia nel Libro Italiano del Quattrocento: Un percorso tra gli incunaboli del Seminario Vescovile di Padova, trans. Lucia Mariani, Ed. Paola Maria Farina, Milan: EDUCatt, 2015, p. 121 and Fig. 61).
Size of leaves210 × 144 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceMargaret Hastings Jackson, Catalogue of the Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton collection of Italian books and manuscripts in the library of Wellesley College, no. 182 (p. 93-94).

Provenance 1600 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1600 - 1800
Provenance nameBibliotheca S. Franciscus Ignatius [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on a2r: "Ex Bibliothecae S. Francisci Engatiij".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-it
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1850-1875 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Anonymous, Italy, 1870-1870 [Person] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteDate on front free endleaf 1r at upper left: "21 giugno 1870"; below it is a clipped very short description of the edition, probably printed in the 18th century, from the type and paper.
Binding noteParchment over boards; spine gilt, with gilt-stamped red leather labels; edges stained blue (from an earlier binding).
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions220 × 147 × 42 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1890

Areae-uk-en
Time period1875 - 1890
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, England, 1875-1890 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteClipped bookseller's catalogue description on front pastedown, item 3038 in an unidentified catalogue, priced £1 10s.
Price1.10.0 pounds sterling Price at which the book was offered.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1890 - 1900

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1890 - 1900
Provenance namePlimpton, Frances Taylor Pearsons, 1861-1900 [Person; Former Owner] (Female, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteAcquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1900 - 1901

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1900 - 1901
Provenance namePlimpton, George Arthur , 1855 - 1936 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteInherited from his wife; donated to Wellesley College in 1901.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1901 -

PlaceWellesley (Geonames ID: 4954738)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1901 -
Provenance nameWellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College, 1870- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteThe gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1901.
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 Edit2019-09-23 14:36:50