London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 2.b.7
ISTC No.ih00065000
TitleHerbarius latinus (with German synonyms)
ImprintPassau : [Johann Petri, 14]86
Format4°
Languagelat
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordsherbals; plants; philosophy-natural; recipes
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132278
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 2.b.7
Also bound with this copyConrad Gesner: Epistolarum medicinalium Conradi Gesneri libri III. His accesserunt eiusdem aconiti primi Dioscoridis asseveratio et de oxymelitis elleborati utriusque descriptione et usu libellus. Omnia nunc primum per Casparum Wolphium in lucem data. - Zurich : Christoph Froschauer, 1577 [USTC 651725; ]
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical DescriptionThis herbal includes 174 unnumbered leaves (1 blank) with colour woodcuts. Gatherings numbered in ink. 21 and 22 are duplicate, with chapters i-xlv of "De simplicibus laxatiuis" repeated. Gathering 23 missing six leaves with chapters liii-lxxxvi.
Size of leaves185 × 130 mm
Copy FeaturesComposite volume
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
WatermarkYes
Provenance
late 15th, early 16th c.
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidencelate 15th
Method of acquisitionunknown
Illustration coloured in by handYes
Manuscript notesManuscript notes (in Latin) on the margins (many cropped in rebinding).
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Pen trialsYes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1601 -
1700
Areaen
Time period1601 - 1700
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteParchment (considerably worn, possibly a reused document) with blue speckled text block edges.
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions190 × 130 × 50 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
Provenance TypeStamp
Date of evidence19th c.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesCatalogue notes on the back of the front cover and end leaves. Library stamp on end leaf "Universitat Wien Botanisches Institut D.K.K"
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1900 -
1926
PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1787 -
1900
PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1787 - 1900
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeAccession mark
NoteBought from the Kurt Wolff collection sold by Joseph Baer as part of lot 564.
Date of evidenceOctober 1926
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price37 pounds 2 shillings GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1936 -
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
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
Manuscript notesVarious cataloguing notes in pencil on end leaves.
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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