Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129247 1.e.5 (SR) [02129247]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.e.5 (SR)

ISTC No.ib00142000
AuthorBartholomaeus Anglicus
TitleDe proprietatibus rerum [Dutch] Van den proprieteyten der dinghen
ImprintHaarlem : Jacob Bellaert, 24 Dec. 1485
Formatf°
Languagedut
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
Keywordseducation; encyclopedia; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129247
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.e.5 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Copy HistoryIn the middle of the book, offset true another page being glued and then tooked away.
Size of leaves259 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in facsimile
Copy Features - NoteC4 and last 3 leaves wanting and supplied in facsimile; copied in an early hand, see below.
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. 116.

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-uk-en (Location probable but uncertain.)
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Europe, 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteLater rubrication; initials and paragraph marks supplied in alternate red and blue ink.
RubricationYes
Manuscript notesOccasional manuscript notes written by two early 16th century hands in Dutch and in dark brown and red ink. A few reading marks. C4 and last 3 leaves wanting and supplied in facsimile, possibly copied by this hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

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, title and imprint on the spine in dark brown, rubricated in red ink; sewn headband, edges coloured in black ink.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions270 × 200 × 75 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; evidence from a removal of a bookplate.
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 98 pounds and 12 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44770. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price98.12.0. - 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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  02129247

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.e.5 (SR)

ISTC No.ib00142000
AuthorBartholomaeus Anglicus
TitleDe proprietatibus rerum [Dutch] Van den proprieteyten der dinghen
ImprintHaarlem : Jacob Bellaert, 24 Dec. 1485
Formatf°
Languagedut
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy
Keywordseducation; encyclopedia; translation
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129247
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.e.5 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Copy HistoryIn the middle of the book, offset true another page being glued and then tooked away.
Size of leaves259 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Parts of text in facsimile
Copy Features - NoteC4 and last 3 leaves wanting and supplied in facsimile; copied in an early hand, see below.
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. 116.

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-uk-en (Location probable but uncertain.)
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Europe, 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteLater rubrication; initials and paragraph marks supplied in alternate red and blue ink.
RubricationYes
Manuscript notesOccasional manuscript notes written by two early 16th century hands in Dutch and in dark brown and red ink. A few reading marks. C4 and last 3 leaves wanting and supplied in facsimile, possibly copied by this hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

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, title and imprint on the spine in dark brown, rubricated in red ink; sewn headband, edges coloured in black ink.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions270 × 200 × 75 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; evidence from a removal of a bookplate.
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 98 pounds and 12 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44770. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price98.12.0. - 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