Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02131240 EPB Incunabula 5.f.1 [02131240]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : EPB Incunabula 5.f.1

ISTC No.ir00346000
TitleRudimentum novitiorum [French] La Mer des histoires
ImprintParis : Pierre Le Rouge for Vincent Commin, 1488-89
Formatf°
Languagefrm
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Pastoral
Keywordstranslation
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02131240
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 5.f.1
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins.
Physical DescriptionFolio 2 vols.
Size of leaves396 × 280 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteFos. 181-190 in the first volume supplied from a smaller copy. Large woodcut capitals and borders with scenes and figures; on the title-page is a large capital 'L' with a knight in armour and several other figures occupying more than half the page; woodcut illustrations, maps and genealogical chains.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 513.

Provenance

Areae-uk
Binding noteThis previous binding was probably 18th century English blind tooled calf, and was replaced in 1955. (Pencil note inside front cover 'Rebound June 1955'.)
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingBlind
EdgesMarbled
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteRubrication in alternated red and blue; blue marbled edges.
RubricationYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1878 - 1896

PlaceHammersmith (Geonames ID: 2647567)
Areae-uk
Time period1878 - 1896
Provenance nameMorris, William, 1834-1896 [Person] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Note'From the Library of William Morris Kelmscott House Hammersmith'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [Corporate body] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1897 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteHenry Wellcome 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
Binding noteThe binding was redone in 1955, in imitation of the previous one.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions315 × 290 × 60 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesMarbled
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
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 Edit2020-12-29 10:29:00

All Copies

  02131240

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : EPB Incunabula 5.f.1

ISTC No.ir00346000
TitleRudimentum novitiorum [French] La Mer des histoires
ImprintParis : Pierre Le Rouge for Vincent Commin, 1488-89
Formatf°
Languagefrm
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Pastoral
Keywordstranslation
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02131240
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 5.f.1
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins.
Physical DescriptionFolio 2 vols.
Size of leaves396 × 280 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteFos. 181-190 in the first volume supplied from a smaller copy. Large woodcut capitals and borders with scenes and figures; on the title-page is a large capital 'L' with a knight in armour and several other figures occupying more than half the page; woodcut illustrations, maps and genealogical chains.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 513.

Provenance

Areae-uk
Binding noteThis previous binding was probably 18th century English blind tooled calf, and was replaced in 1955. (Pencil note inside front cover 'Rebound June 1955'.)
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingBlind
EdgesMarbled
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteRubrication in alternated red and blue; blue marbled edges.
RubricationYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1878 - 1896

PlaceHammersmith (Geonames ID: 2647567)
Areae-uk
Time period1878 - 1896
Provenance nameMorris, William, 1834-1896 [Person] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Note'From the Library of William Morris Kelmscott House Hammersmith'
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [Corporate body] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1897 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteHenry Wellcome 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
Binding noteThe binding was redone in 1955, in imitation of the previous one.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions315 × 290 × 60 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesMarbled
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
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 Edit2020-12-29 10:29:00