London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 2.a.27
ISTC No.ig00260000
AuthorGerson, Johannes
TitleDe pollutione nocturna
Imprint[Cologne : Johann Guldenschaff, about 1480]
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectTheology-pastoral
KeywordsLiterature-moral
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132295
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 2.a.27
Also bound with this copyGerson, Johannes: Tractatulus de meditatione cordis.. - Ulm : J. Zainer, 1487 [ii00013000]
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description40.
Size of leaves190 × 138 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Composite volume
Copy Features - Note16 leaves (first blank), most of which unnumbered or misnumbered.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 258.
Provenance
Provenance name [Person; Illuminator] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Date of evidenceLate 15th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteBesides the rubrication, some parts are underlined in crimson (reading marks). (late 15th c.)
Manuscript notesNone.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1800 -
1900
Areae
Time period1800 - 1900
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidence19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions195 × 145 × 50 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteCover made with older (17th c.?) leather (spine and corners) and decorated paper, with leather, tooled titling attached.
Manuscript notesCataloguing notes in pen.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1853 -
Areae-uk-en
Time period1853 -
Provenance TypeAccession mark
NoteSale of the Maggs brothers books through Sotheby's.
Date of evidence1924
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1901 -
2000
Time period1901 - 2000
NoteSale of Maggs books via Sotheby's.
Date of evidence1924-1925
Method of acquisitionConsignment
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
Date of evidence1924-1925
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price8 pounds GBP Bought from Sotheby's on 28/7/24 as part of Lot 33.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1936 -
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
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.
Date of evidence1936
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesSome cataloguing notes in pencil in the first pages.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookFirst few pages
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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