London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 2.b.12
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 Id02132343
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 2.b.12
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description4o.
Size of leaves198 × 143 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 291; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.
Provenance
Provenance name [Person] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidenceLate 15th century, early 16th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSome parts underlined in red ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookParts only
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Date of evidence16th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesTitle annotated in brown ink, probably a late 16th-century Italian hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1701 -
1800
Areaen
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidenceProbably 18th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions205 × 150 × 90 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Provenance
1913 -
1965
Areae-uk-en
Time period1913 - 1965
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1913
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBought on 28/10/13 from Davis and Orioli.
Date of evidence1913
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price2 pounds 10 shillings GBP Bought together with Philosophia naturalis by Albertus Magnus (for 5 pounds) and Canonis Avicennae (also 5 pounds) for 12 pounds 10 shillings total.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
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
Manuscript notesSome cataloguing notes in pencil on the 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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