Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129082 86151 [02129082]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 86151

ISTC No.ic00343000
AuthorCavalca, Domenico
TitleSpecchio di croce
Imprint[Venice : Guerinus, not after 1476]
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129082
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark86151
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Physical DescriptionStamped signature-marks on first and third leaves of each gathering except for "a" (each first page of the inner sheet of an 8-leaf quarto quire numbered $"2"). Missing signature "a" supplied in MS., faded.
Size of leaves222 × 148 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteComplete, including 2 blank leaves ([ſ]7-8).
Several unidentified seller's marks in pencil on front and rear flyleaves.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 2522.

Provenance 1476 - 1500

PlaceItaly (Geonames ID: 3175395)
Areae-it
Time period1476 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1475 - 1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteCapitals in red with blue flourishes, or blue with red flourishes, throughout. Rubrications in red or blue to chapter headings and numbers.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication in red and blue throughout. First letter of each sentence highlighted in yellow. Date "1476" below the final table of contents, [ſ]6. (1476)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1815 - 1881

PlaceMilan (Geonames ID: 3173435)
Areae-it
Time period1815 - 1881
Provenance nameAdda, Girolamo d', 1815-1881 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeSupralibros
Binding
NoteArmorial supralibros with the d'Adda family coat of arms including the motto "CON LIMPIDEZZA", also found on other books from the library of Girolamo d'Adda.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteBlack morocco over millboard with armorial supralibros in gilt at the centre of both boards. Board edges and turn-ins decorated in gilt. Gilt fillets and titling on spine. Text block edges untrimmed. Marbled paper paste-downs, combed pattern. Flyleaves produced in the Netherlands by J. Honig & Zoonen (based on watermark).
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions222 × 156 × 22 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesSome pencil foliation. Bibliographic reference and indication of complete collation in Italian in pencil on final flyleaf recto.
Structuring the textYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Unknown / other

Provenance 1881 - 1923

PlaceChicago (Geonames ID: 4887398)
Arean-us-il
Time period1881 - 1923
Provenance nameEllsworth, James William, 1849-1925 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteAcquisition date unknown. Listed in a volume of typewritten quotes, "A Catalogue of Incunabula purchased Oct, 1923 from Rosenbach" originating from the library of Ellsworth.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteThe copy is listed in the "Ellsworth list" of 105 incunabula purchased through Rosenbach in Oct. 1923. Rosenbach got the Ellsworth library in 1923. The catalogue is accompanied by a copy of a letter from Rosenbach to Henry Huntington about the Ellsworth collection, dated Apr. 1923.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1923 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHuntington purchased the Ellsworth collection from Rosenbach in Oct. 1923.
Date of evidenceOct. 1923
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his 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 Edit2019-08-19 18:41:56

All Copies

  02129082

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 86151

ISTC No.ic00343000
AuthorCavalca, Domenico
TitleSpecchio di croce
Imprint[Venice : Guerinus, not after 1476]
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129082
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark86151
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Physical DescriptionStamped signature-marks on first and third leaves of each gathering except for "a" (each first page of the inner sheet of an 8-leaf quarto quire numbered $"2"). Missing signature "a" supplied in MS., faded.
Size of leaves222 × 148 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteComplete, including 2 blank leaves ([ſ]7-8).
Several unidentified seller's marks in pencil on front and rear flyleaves.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 2522.

Provenance 1476 - 1500

PlaceItaly (Geonames ID: 3175395)
Areae-it
Time period1476 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1475 - 1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteCapitals in red with blue flourishes, or blue with red flourishes, throughout. Rubrications in red or blue to chapter headings and numbers.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication in red and blue throughout. First letter of each sentence highlighted in yellow. Date "1476" below the final table of contents, [ſ]6. (1476)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1815 - 1881

PlaceMilan (Geonames ID: 3173435)
Areae-it
Time period1815 - 1881
Provenance nameAdda, Girolamo d', 1815-1881 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeSupralibros
Binding
NoteArmorial supralibros with the d'Adda family coat of arms including the motto "CON LIMPIDEZZA", also found on other books from the library of Girolamo d'Adda.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteBlack morocco over millboard with armorial supralibros in gilt at the centre of both boards. Board edges and turn-ins decorated in gilt. Gilt fillets and titling on spine. Text block edges untrimmed. Marbled paper paste-downs, combed pattern. Flyleaves produced in the Netherlands by J. Honig & Zoonen (based on watermark).
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions222 × 156 × 22 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Manuscript notesSome pencil foliation. Bibliographic reference and indication of complete collation in Italian in pencil on final flyleaf recto.
Structuring the textYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Unknown / other

Provenance 1881 - 1923

PlaceChicago (Geonames ID: 4887398)
Arean-us-il
Time period1881 - 1923
Provenance nameEllsworth, James William, 1849-1925 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteAcquisition date unknown. Listed in a volume of typewritten quotes, "A Catalogue of Incunabula purchased Oct, 1923 from Rosenbach" originating from the library of Ellsworth.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1923

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1923 - 1923
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteThe copy is listed in the "Ellsworth list" of 105 incunabula purchased through Rosenbach in Oct. 1923. Rosenbach got the Ellsworth library in 1923. The catalogue is accompanied by a copy of a letter from Rosenbach to Henry Huntington about the Ellsworth collection, dated Apr. 1923.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1923 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1923 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHuntington purchased the Ellsworth collection from Rosenbach in Oct. 1923.
Date of evidenceOct. 1923
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his 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 Edit2019-08-19 18:41:56