London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 2.b.11
ISTC No.ih00079000
AuthorHermes Trismegistus
TitleDe potestate et sapientia Dei (Tr: Marsilius Ficinus)
ImprintVenice : Lucas Dominici F., Venetus, 15 May 1481
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectPhilosophy
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132340
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 2.b.11
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description4o. This is one of the earliest books with a title-page giving imprint and date.
Size of leaves185 × 135 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Manuscript signatures
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 290; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.
Provenance
Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidence16th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookParts only
CompletionsYes
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
Bibliography
Provenance
1800 -
1900
Areae
Time period1800 - 1900
Date of evidence19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteBound in a style resembling early modern books.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions187 × 140 × 10 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Accession mark
Date of evidence1908
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 -
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 inside of the front cover and first pages.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
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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