London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 1.b.2 (SR)
ISTC No.ia01422000
AuthorAvicenna
TitleCanon medicinae [Latin] (Lib. I-V) (Tr: Gerardus Cremonensis). Ed: Petrus Rochabonella. Corr: Prosdocimus Mutius. De viribus cordis (Tr: Arnoldus de Villa Nova). Tabula
ImprintVenice : Petrus Maufer de Maliferis et Socii, 1486
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectMedicine
Keywordscollection; index; education; translation
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02128921
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.b.2 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Physical DescriptionOnly parts IV and V.
Size of leaves230 × 154 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 105.
Provenance
1501 -
1600
Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSeveral manuscript notes by two anonymous hands in brown ink, including brackets and maniculae (pointing hands); most marginalia cropped away by later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1900 -
1926
PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn the front fly-leaf German printed label describing the history of the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteEarly 20th century, modern vellum on pasteboards or wood with clasps. Author, title and imprint on the spine in dark brown ink . This book, probably, was rebound for Wolff himself.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions236 × 170 × 27 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesOn front pastedown, modern pencil manuscript notes, in German, mentioning some bibliographic references, probably written by Kurt Wolff himself.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
SupplementsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1926 -
1926
PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1926 - 1926
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteJoseph Baer & Co. sold Kurt Wolff incunabula collection in 1926. Sir Henry S. Wellcome obtained 115 books.
Method of acquisitionConsignment
certaintya
psourceb
provenance
1926 -
1936
placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1926 - 1936
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
NoteBought on 9th/10th Oct. 1926 from the Kurt Wolff collection for 16 pounds and 5 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44820. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price16.5.0. - Pounds/Shillings/Pence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1936 -
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Shelfmark
NoteWellcome died in 1936. He bequeathed the bulk of his estate, including ownership of his pharmaceutical company and his collections, to a body of trustees, who formed the Wellcome Trust and afterwards the Wellcome Library and the Wellcome Collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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