London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 4.e.5
ISTC No.ip00762000
AuthorPlatina, Bartholomaeus
TitleDe honesta voluptate et valetudine
ImprintVenice : Laurentius de Aquila and Sibylinus Umber, 13 June 1475
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature-social
Keywordscookery; medicine-practical
PeriodHumanist
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132388
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 4.e.5
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical DescriptionFolio; 188 unnumbered pages (last blank).
Size of leaves282 × 206 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 447; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.
Provenance
Areae-it
Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidenceLate 15th, early 16th century.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubrication in the same brown ink as the marginal annotations and reading marks. (Contemporary to the annotations; probably late 15th, early 16th century.)
Manuscript notesAt end (p. [186]): Platynae De obsoniis lib. fin
Signatures: [1⁴ 210 3-12⁸] ([12]8 blank)
32 lines; types 117R, 117Gk. Capital spaces
Page [1] blank; p. [2]: Platynae De honesta uoluptate et ualitudine libri primi capita
Imprint from colophon, p. [8]: Viri doctissimi Platynæ opusculum de obsoniis ac honesta voluptate: impressum Venetiis ... Idibus Iuniis Mcccclxxv.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CollationYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Provenance
1825 -
1850
Areae-gx
Time period1825 - 1850
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidence19th century
Binding note19th-century leather binding using the original 16th-century oak boards, with 20th-century manuscript labels glued to the spine of the book.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions290 × 215 × 30 mm
TitlingManuscript label
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Provenance
1900 -
1926
PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Date of evidence1926
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeAccession mark
NoteHenry Wellcome bought this book as a part of the Kurt Wolff collection probably from Sotheby's, as several others. However, there is no indication of this on the accession book, the book itself, or the library catalogues.
Date of evidence1926
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price95 pounds 14 shillings GBP Bought as part of lot 460.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1936 -
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance TypeShelfmark
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 back of the front cover and first page.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
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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