London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 3.c.6
ISTC No.ig00123000
AuthorGellius, Aulus
TitleNoctes Atticae
ImprintVenice : Bernardinus de Choris, de Cremona and Simon de Luere, 13 Aug. 1489
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectLiterature
Keywordsclassical studies; anthology; encyclopedia
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132514
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 3.c.6
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical DescriptionFolio, 132 leaves (last blank).
Size of leaves300 × 210 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteContains chapters: Temporis varietas in puerperiis mulierum quaenam sit a medicis et philosophis tradita. Quid differat morbus et vitium. De vi oculorum deque videndi rationibus.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n. 251; 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
Manuscript notes16th-century Latin manuscript notes in brown ink.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CompletionsYes
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1850 -
1900
Areae-gx
Time period1850 - 1900
Provenance TypeBinding
Date of evidenceLate 19th century.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note19th-century binding in paper and parchment imitating an earlier style. Titling in German and author's name written along the edges.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions305 × 225 × 30 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesAlong
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1900 -
1926
PlaceMünchen (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1900 - 1926
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Date of evidence1926
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Provenance
1926 -
1926
PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1926 - 1926
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
Date of evidence1926
Method of acquisitionConsignment
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 TypeAccession mark
Date of evidence1926
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price14 pounds and 10 shillings GBP Henry Wellcome bought this book as part of the Kurt Wolff collection (lot 215) through Joseph Baer & Co., on 9-10 Oct. 1926.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. 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.
Date of evidence1936
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
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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