London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 2.e.15
ISTC No.if00191000
AuthorFirmicus Maternus, Julius
TitleMathesis (De nativitatibus libri VIII). Ed: Franciscus Niger. Add: Marcus Manilius: Astronomicorum libri V. Aratus: Phaenomena [Latin and Greek]. Tr & adapt: Germanicus Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rufius Festus Avienus. Theon: Commentaria in Aratum [Greek]. Pseudo- Proclus Diadochus [i.e. Geminos]: Sphaera [Greek and Latin]. Tr: Thomas Linacrus
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, June and [17] Oct. 1499
Formatf°
Languagegrc
SubjectAstrology
Keywordscollection; birth; conception; poetry; translation; commentary
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132508
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 2.e.15
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical DescriptionFolio. Woodcuts of zodiacal signs. Contains Aratus, Phaenomena (3 different Latin translations and the Greek text, with a commentary by Theon); Manilius, Astronomicon; Proclus, Sphaera (the Greek text and a Latin translation by Thomas Linacre).
Size of leaves300 × 202 mm
Copy FeaturesComposite volume
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 233; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.
Provenance
Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Date of evidenceProbably 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
Provenance
17...-18...
Areae-fr
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidenceLate 18th, early 19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteRepaired leather binding using earlier leather.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions310 × 220 × 60 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1790 -
1876
Areae-fr
Time period1790 - 1876
Provenance TypeExlibris
Date of evidence19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1890 -
1897
Areae-it
Time period1890 - 1897
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
Accession mark
Date of evidenceEarly 20th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesSome cataloguing/bibliographical notes on the first pages.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1897 -
1936
Areae-uk-en
Time period1897 - 1936
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1908
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
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.
Date of evidence1936
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesSome cataloguing/bibliographical notes in pencil on the first few pages.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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