London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 2.b.6
ISTC No.ih00064000
TitleHerbarius latinus (with German synonyms)
ImprintPassau : [Johann Petri, 14]85
Format4°
Languagelat
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordsherbals; plants; philosophy-natural; recipes
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132274
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 2.b.6
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description174 unnumbered leaves (1 blank). With 150 hand-coloured woodcuts, some stained leaves, 3 leaves with the upper part cut. Partial loss of the sheet numbers.
Size of leaves200 × 145 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
15th-16th c.
Provenance name, 15th-16th c. [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Date of evidencelate 15th c.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Illustration coloured in by handYes
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Manuscript notesIn the same crimson as the rubrication and in Latin.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
CollationYes
Structuring the textYes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1800 -
1900
Areae
Time period1800 - 1900
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteRebound partially using earlier parchment (spine) and new paper boards. Side and bottom edges sprinkled in blue. Upper edges left in the original form.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions205 × 150 × 30 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidenceOctober 1926
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price179 pounds 16 shillings GBP Possibly bought as part of the Kurt Wolff collection (lot 246)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1936 -
Areae-uk (Henry 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.)
Time period1936 -
Date of evidence1936
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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