Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02132498 EPB Incunabula 1.a.31 [02132498]

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : EPB Incunabula 1.a.31

ISTC No.ia01065900
AuthorArnoldus de Villa Nova
TitleDe arte cognoscendi venena. Valascus de Tarenta: De epidemia et peste. Petrus de Abano: De venenis eorumque remediis. Matthaeus Silvaticus: De lapide begaar ex pandectis
ImprintMantua : [Johannes Vurster], 1473
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordspoisons; collection; plague; recipes; minerals
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02132498
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 1.a.31
Also bound with this copyArnoldus de Villa Nova: Regimen sanitatis ad regem Aragonum. - [Southern France : Printer of Valascus de Tarenta, 'De epidemia' (H 15245), about 1474?] [Contents: Arnoldus de Villa Nova, De arte cognoscendi venena; Valascus de Tarenta, De epidemia et peste; Petrus de Abano, De venenis; De lapide bezoar ex Pandectis. (This copy contains only the first two tracts.)); ia01075000]
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description40. All after folio 16 wanting.
Size of leaves209 × 152 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Composite volume
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 78; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.

Provenance

Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidenceEarly 16th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1875 - 1910

Areae
Time period1875 - 1910
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, 1875-1910 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidenceLate 19th, early 20th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions209 × 150 × 5 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1897 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1912
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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.
Date of evidence1936
Method of acquisitionBequest
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
Last Edit2019-11-20 15:19:06

All Copies

  02132498

London, Wellcome Collection (GB) : EPB Incunabula 1.a.31

ISTC No.ia01065900
AuthorArnoldus de Villa Nova
TitleDe arte cognoscendi venena. Valascus de Tarenta: De epidemia et peste. Petrus de Abano: De venenis eorumque remediis. Matthaeus Silvaticus: De lapide begaar ex pandectis
ImprintMantua : [Johannes Vurster], 1473
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordspoisons; collection; plague; recipes; minerals
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02132498
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 1.a.31
Also bound with this copyArnoldus de Villa Nova: Regimen sanitatis ad regem Aragonum. - [Southern France : Printer of Valascus de Tarenta, 'De epidemia' (H 15245), about 1474?] [Contents: Arnoldus de Villa Nova, De arte cognoscendi venena; Valascus de Tarenta, De epidemia et peste; Petrus de Abano, De venenis; De lapide bezoar ex Pandectis. (This copy contains only the first two tracts.)); ia01075000]
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description40. All after folio 16 wanting.
Size of leaves209 × 152 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Composite volume
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 78; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.

Provenance

Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidenceEarly 16th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1875 - 1910

Areae
Time period1875 - 1910
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, 1875-1910 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidenceLate 19th, early 20th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialPaper
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions209 × 150 × 5 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1897 - 1936

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance nameSir Henry S. Wellcome, 1853-1936 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1912
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1936 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1936 -
Provenance nameLondon, Wellcome Collection, 1936 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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.
Date of evidence1936
Method of acquisitionBequest
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
Last Edit2019-11-20 15:19:06