London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 4.a.20
ISTC No.it00384300
AuthorTollat, Johann
TitleBüchlein der Arznei
Imprint[Memmingen : Albrecht Kunne], 1497
Format4°
Languageger
Subjectmedicine-practical
Keywordspharmacopoeia; plants
Periodcontemporary
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132298
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 4.a.20
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description40, the first leaf wanting.
Size of leaves176 × 133 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 579.
Provenance
PlaceGermany (Geonames ID: 2921044)
Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Male, Physician, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidenceLate 15th century, early 16th century.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesProbably made by a medical practitioner (physician?), in German, in brown ink. Most of them in the first half of the book.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1551 -
1700
Areae-gx
Time period1551 - 1700
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidence16th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesProbably also a medical practitioner of some kind (surgeon?), in German, in a less polished hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CollationYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1801 -
1850
Areae-gx
Time period1801 - 1850
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions185 × 140 × 15 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
Decoration NoteYellow edges.
Manuscript notesProbably contemporary annotations in German. In black ink and a well-practised hand. Possibly the person who had the book (re)bound.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
TranslationsYes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1858 -
1867
Areae-uk
Time period1858 - 1867
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Date of evidence1911
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
NoteBought from J. F. Payne in 1911.
Date of evidence1911
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1936 -
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance TypeStamp
Accession mark
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 notesSome cataloguing notes in pencil on the first pages.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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