Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129041 1.a.25 (SR) [02129041]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.a.25 (SR)

ISTC No.ia00922000
AuthorApicius
TitleDe re coquinaria. Add: Suetonius: De grammaticis et rhetoribus
ImprintVenice : Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, [1498-1500]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Social
Keywordscookery; collection; education
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129041
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.a.25 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Size of leaves202 × 145 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionCopy in Wellcome Collection
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 59.

Provenance 1501 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Italy, 1501-1550 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesOn fo. A4r manuscrip note written by an Italian hand in Latin in dark brown ink, probably a recipe. A few marginalia written in Latin by the same hand, cropped away by a later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1551 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1551 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1551-1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn fo. A4r manuscrip note written by a 16th or 17th century hand in Italian, cropped away by a later binder: 'strutto porcino. grasso, colato [?]'. Probably the note is the translation in Italian of the manuscript note in Latin above.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1800

Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous binder [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note18th century parchment on pasteboards. Author and title on the spine in light brown ink, sewn headband, edges coloured in red ink.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions211 × 147 × 12 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1926

PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance nameWolff, Kurt, 1887 - 1963 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn front pastedown German printed label describing the history of the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
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 nameFrankfurt am Main, Joseph Baer & Co., Buchhandlung und Antiquariat [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
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

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1926 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
NoteBought on 9th/10th Oct. 1926 from the Kurt Wolff collection for 46 pounds and 8 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44759. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price46.8.0. - Pounds/Shillings/Pence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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

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  02129041

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.a.25 (SR)

ISTC No.ia00922000
AuthorApicius
TitleDe re coquinaria. Add: Suetonius: De grammaticis et rhetoribus
ImprintVenice : Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, [1498-1500]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Social
Keywordscookery; collection; education
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129041
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.a.25 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Size of leaves202 × 145 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionCopy in Wellcome Collection
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 59.

Provenance 1501 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, Italy, 1501-1550 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesOn fo. A4r manuscrip note written by an Italian hand in Latin in dark brown ink, probably a recipe. A few marginalia written in Latin by the same hand, cropped away by a later binder.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1551 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1551 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1551-1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn fo. A4r manuscrip note written by a 16th or 17th century hand in Italian, cropped away by a later binder: 'strutto porcino. grasso, colato [?]'. Probably the note is the translation in Italian of the manuscript note in Latin above.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1800

Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous binder [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note18th century parchment on pasteboards. Author and title on the spine in light brown ink, sewn headband, edges coloured in red ink.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions211 × 147 × 12 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1926

PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance nameWolff, Kurt, 1887 - 1963 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn front pastedown German printed label describing the history of the book.
Method of acquisitionunknown
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 nameFrankfurt am Main, Joseph Baer & Co., Buchhandlung und Antiquariat [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
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

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1926 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
NoteBought on 9th/10th Oct. 1926 from the Kurt Wolff collection for 46 pounds and 8 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44759. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price46.8.0. - Pounds/Shillings/Pence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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