Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02129291 1.e.10 (SR) [02129291]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.e.10 (SR)

ISTC No.ij00204000
AuthorJacobus Philippus de Bergamo
TitleDe claris mulieribus. Ed: Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori
ImprintFerrara : Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 29 Apr. 1497
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
Keywordsbiography; history
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129291
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.e.10 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Copy HistoryOn fo. A2r, unrecognisable oval heraldic black stamp.
Size of leaves299 × 198 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 125.

Provenance 1501 - 1550

Time period1501 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous, 1501-1550 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesA few reading marks and maniculae (pointing hands) written by an early 16th century hand in brown ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1551 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1551 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, 1551-1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesFolio S2r and the beginning of folio S2v have been crossed out; on the upper margin manuscrip note written by an anonymous hand in Latin in dark brown ink: 'Vide [?] huis Commenti | explosione notas | Panuinij nostri ad | Vitas Pont. Platina | huxe n hic Au- | thor est [?]'. In the text below, occasional corrections by the same hand. Probably, the reader wanted to clarify the history explained in this part of the book. The reference is to Onuphrius Panvinius (1529–1568), Italian historian and librarian to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, who produced a revised edition of Platina's Lives of the Popes.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1800

Time period1650 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous, 1650-1750 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteLate 17th or early 18th century, parchment on pasteboards, 4 bands and edges coloured in light blue ink. Mottled patterning on the covers. On the spine, partial red leather titling label, gilt stamped, lettering and decorative rulers.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions299 × 201 × 35 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
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 147 pounds and 18 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44771. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price147.18.0. - 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 Edit2021-11-11 08:16:45

All Copies

  02129291

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : 1.e.10 (SR)

ISTC No.ij00204000
AuthorJacobus Philippus de Bergamo
TitleDe claris mulieribus. Ed: Albertus de Placentia and Augustinus de Casali Maiori
ImprintFerrara : Laurentius de Rubeis, de Valentia, 29 Apr. 1497
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
Keywordsbiography; history
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02129291
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
Shelfmark1.e.10 (SR)
NoteCreated by Valentina Eberle
Copy HistoryOn fo. A2r, unrecognisable oval heraldic black stamp.
Size of leaves299 × 198 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, nr. 125.

Provenance 1501 - 1550

Time period1501 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous, 1501-1550 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesA few reading marks and maniculae (pointing hands) written by an early 16th century hand in brown ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1551 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1551 - 1650
Provenance nameAnonymous, 1551-1650 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesFolio S2r and the beginning of folio S2v have been crossed out; on the upper margin manuscrip note written by an anonymous hand in Latin in dark brown ink: 'Vide [?] huis Commenti | explosione notas | Panuinij nostri ad | Vitas Pont. Platina | huxe n hic Au- | thor est [?]'. In the text below, occasional corrections by the same hand. Probably, the reader wanted to clarify the history explained in this part of the book. The reference is to Onuphrius Panvinius (1529–1568), Italian historian and librarian to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, who produced a revised edition of Platina's Lives of the Popes.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1650 - 1800

Time period1650 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous, 1650-1750 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteLate 17th or early 18th century, parchment on pasteboards, 4 bands and edges coloured in light blue ink. Mottled patterning on the covers. On the spine, partial red leather titling label, gilt stamped, lettering and decorative rulers.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions299 × 201 × 35 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
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 147 pounds and 18 shillings, cf. 'Accession Register' April 1916-May 1930, no. 44771. This price include the actual price paid, the tax (15%) and the insurance in transit (1%).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price147.18.0. - 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 Edit2021-11-11 08:16:45