London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: 1.c.8 (SR)
ISTC No.ia00300000
AuthorAlbertus Magnus
TitlePhysica
ImprintVenice : Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 31 Jan. 1494/95
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectPhilosophy-Natural
Keywordscosmography; education
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02129023
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.c.8 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Size of leaves307 × 206 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Variant
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteOn the title-page (fo. 2r), printed capital text deleted by a 16th century hand. The electronic reproduction of other copies doesn't have the printed capital text on the lower part of the leaf.
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 20.
Provenance
1494 -
1510
Areae-it
Time period1494 - 1510
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn fo. 7r, some manuscript notes in light brown ink written by a 15th century Italian hand, including brackets, extraction of keywords and translation of abbreviations, most marginalia cropped away by later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1525 -
1575
Areae-it
Time period1525 - 1575
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn fo. 2r, manuscript note in light brown ink written by a 16th century Italian hand: 'Phisica de Coelo et Mundo, de Generatione et Corruptione [?] | Alb. Magn. Some marginal notes and maniculae, cropped away by later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst half
CompletionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
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 front pastedown 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 and imprint on the spine in dark brown ink. Edges coloured in blue ink. Printed texts in the inner margin cropped away by the binder. This book, probably, was rebound for Wolff himself.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions317 × 210 × 27 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
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
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Provenance
1926 -
1936
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. 44756. 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
Last Edit2019-11-01 16:03:27