Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129132 100503 [02129132]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 100503

ISTC No.ic00081000
AuthorCampora, Jacopo
TitleDell'immortalità dell' anima
ImprintMilan : Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 6 Sept. 1497
Format8°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129132
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark100503
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Physical DescriptionOn first free flyleaf recto, MS. notes in pencil, erased: in English, including the £ sign, possibly the price, otherwise illegible. Contemporary MS. foliation in brown ink on upper right corners, and pencil foliation on lower left corner of some rectos.
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 3532.

Provenance 1501-1700

Areae-it
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn original covers: inscription along the upper edge on the front board verso in Italian in brown ink; barely legible, includes the word "precio" (or "precioso"?). Later note in blue crayon includes the imprint date 1497.
Binding noteEarly pasteboard binding, boards only, preserved within the later binding by Riviére (see below).
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1559 - 1559

Areae-it
Time period1559 - 1559
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1551 - 1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn last page, note in brown ink: "1559 adi primo ottobre per la citta [?] de | la liona y io:".
Date of evidence1 Oct 1559
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1617 - 1617

Areae-it
Time period1617 - 1617
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1601 - 1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteOn k4v, below note described above, 8 lines of notes in brown ink, faded and mostly unreadable. Bottom line reads "1617 die 15 ??".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1881 - 1939

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1881 - 1939
Provenance nameLondon, Riviere & Son, 1881 - 1939 [Corporate body; Binder] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteBright orange morocco over millboard, described as "citron"-coloured in the sales catalogues.
Stamped in gilt at the bottom of the upper turn-in: "BOUND BY RIVIERE & SON". Boards plain, edges with a thin double gilt fillet decoration, gilt roll on turn-ins. Plain paper pastedowns. All edges gilt.
An earlier Italian temporary pasteboard binding is preserved: the boards are bound in at the end of the text, attached by thin fabric strips.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions150 × 105 × 13 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1924 - 1924

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1924 - 1924
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteItem 84 in a bound volume of typewritten quotes titled "Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Incunabula. Purchased from Rosenbach Sept. 1924". Huntington Library, office of the Curator of Rare Books.
Date of evidenceSept. 1924
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1924 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1924 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee above.
Date of evidence1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

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
Library catalogue

Other Information

Last Edit2019-08-19 17:57:36

All Copies

  02129132

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 100503

ISTC No.ic00081000
AuthorCampora, Jacopo
TitleDell'immortalità dell' anima
ImprintMilan : Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 6 Sept. 1497
Format8°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129132
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark100503
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Physical DescriptionOn first free flyleaf recto, MS. notes in pencil, erased: in English, including the £ sign, possibly the price, otherwise illegible. Contemporary MS. foliation in brown ink on upper right corners, and pencil foliation on lower left corner of some rectos.
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, Incunabula in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1937), no. 3532.

Provenance

Areae-it
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Manuscript Notes
NoteOn original covers: inscription along the upper edge on the front board verso in Italian in brown ink; barely legible, includes the word "precio" (or "precioso"?). Later note in blue crayon includes the imprint date 1497.
Binding noteEarly pasteboard binding, boards only, preserved within the later binding by Riviére (see below).
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1559 - 1559

Areae-it
Time period1559 - 1559
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1551 - 1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn last page, note in brown ink: "1559 adi primo ottobre per la citta [?] de | la liona y io:".
Date of evidence1 Oct 1559
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1617 - 1617

Areae-it
Time period1617 - 1617
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1601 - 1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
NoteOn k4v, below note described above, 8 lines of notes in brown ink, faded and mostly unreadable. Bottom line reads "1617 die 15 ??".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1881 - 1939

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1881 - 1939
Provenance nameLondon, Riviere & Son, 1881 - 1939 [Corporate body; Binder] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteBright orange morocco over millboard, described as "citron"-coloured in the sales catalogues.
Stamped in gilt at the bottom of the upper turn-in: "BOUND BY RIVIERE & SON". Boards plain, edges with a thin double gilt fillet decoration, gilt roll on turn-ins. Plain paper pastedowns. All edges gilt.
An earlier Italian temporary pasteboard binding is preserved: the boards are bound in at the end of the text, attached by thin fabric strips.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions150 × 105 × 13 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1924 - 1924

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1924 - 1924
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteItem 84 in a bound volume of typewritten quotes titled "Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Incunabula. Purchased from Rosenbach Sept. 1924". Huntington Library, office of the Curator of Rare Books.
Date of evidenceSept. 1924
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1924 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1924 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSee above.
Date of evidence1924
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Documentary source

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
Library catalogue

Other Information

Last Edit2019-08-19 17:57:36