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mei/02128752 f P717 [02128752]

Wellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US) : f P717

ISTC No.ip00387000
AuthorPetrarca, Francesco
TitleTrionfi (comm: Bernardo Lapini da Siena) e Canzoniere (comm: Franciscus Philelphus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus). Rev: Gabriel Bruno and Girolamo Centone
ImprintVenice : Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, 1491-92
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsCommentary; Poetry; Collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128752
Holding InstitutionWellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US)
CollectionPlimpton Collection
Shelfmarkf P717
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster; Woodcut reference by Lilian Armstrong
Physical DescriptionLacks blank leaf aa1. The inner forme of sheet aa3 was misimposed: the contents of aa3v and aa6r were transposed (the misimposition occurs in other known copies, and perhaps in all of them).
6 woodcuts of the Trionfi: (aa8v, Amor; e2v, Castitatis; f5v, Mortis; h4v Fame; o6v, Temporis; p7v Divinitatis); each within black-ground frame with empty shield in lower margin. Woodcut designs attributed to the Master of the Pico Pliny (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, 83-85).
Size of leaves300 × 206 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. 717 (p. 207-209).

Provenance 1492 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1492 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Italy, 1492-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesVery few marginal annotations: in part 1, on i3r; in part 2, in a different hand, in the first few leaves and on G8r. Also, several of the full-page illustrations have slight ms. additions, either in the shield at foot (aa8v and h4v, floral or heraldic, but the latter not full arms) or clouds added to the sky.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1550 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1650
Provenance nameQuadrio de Burnasio, Antonio [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on N5v: "Antonij Familiae quadrio ex Burnasio" (the forename erased, but legible).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1700 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1700 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1700-1800 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteFull sheep, covers tooled in blind, spine in blind and gold; edges stained yellow.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions309 × 214 × 36 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1904

PlaceSiena (Geonames ID: 3166548)
Areae-it
Time period1900 - 1904
Provenance nameTorrini, Enrico, 1880-1910 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded as purchased by Plimpton from Torrini, 1904. Acquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1904 - 1904

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1904 - 1904
Provenance namePlimpton, George Arthur , 1855 - 1936 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteAdded to the Plimpton Collection in 1904; purchased from Torrini.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1904 -

PlaceWellesley (Geonames ID: 4954738)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1904 -
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
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-10-26 20:36:22

All Copies

  02128752

Wellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US) : f P717

ISTC No.ip00387000
AuthorPetrarca, Francesco
TitleTrionfi (comm: Bernardo Lapini da Siena) e Canzoniere (comm: Franciscus Philelphus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus). Rev: Gabriel Bruno and Girolamo Centone
ImprintVenice : Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, 1491-92
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsCommentary; Poetry; Collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128752
Holding InstitutionWellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library (US)
CollectionPlimpton Collection
Shelfmarkf P717
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster; Woodcut reference by Lilian Armstrong
Physical DescriptionLacks blank leaf aa1. The inner forme of sheet aa3 was misimposed: the contents of aa3v and aa6r were transposed (the misimposition occurs in other known copies, and perhaps in all of them).
6 woodcuts of the Trionfi: (aa8v, Amor; e2v, Castitatis; f5v, Mortis; h4v Fame; o6v, Temporis; p7v Divinitatis); each within black-ground frame with empty shield in lower margin. Woodcut designs attributed to the Master of the Pico Pliny (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, 83-85).
Size of leaves300 × 206 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. 717 (p. 207-209).

Provenance 1492 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1492 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Italy, 1492-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesVery few marginal annotations: in part 1, on i3r; in part 2, in a different hand, in the first few leaves and on G8r. Also, several of the full-page illustrations have slight ms. additions, either in the shield at foot (aa8v and h4v, floral or heraldic, but the latter not full arms) or clouds added to the sky.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
DrawingsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1550 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1650
Provenance nameQuadrio de Burnasio, Antonio [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on N5v: "Antonij Familiae quadrio ex Burnasio" (the forename erased, but legible).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1700 - 1800

Areae-it
Time period1700 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1700-1800 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteFull sheep, covers tooled in blind, spine in blind and gold; edges stained yellow.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions309 × 214 × 36 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1904

PlaceSiena (Geonames ID: 3166548)
Areae-it
Time period1900 - 1904
Provenance nameTorrini, Enrico, 1880-1910 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded as purchased by Plimpton from Torrini, 1904. Acquisition date conjectural.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1904 - 1904

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1904 - 1904
Provenance namePlimpton, George Arthur , 1855 - 1936 [Person; Donor] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteAdded to the Plimpton Collection in 1904; purchased from Torrini.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1904 -

PlaceWellesley (Geonames ID: 4954738)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1904 -
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
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-10-26 20:36:22