London, Wellcome Collection (GB)
: EPB Incunabula 1.c.2
ISTC No.ia00009200
AuthorAbraham ibn Ezra
TitleDe nativitatibus. Add: Henricus Bate: Magistralis compositio astrolabii
ImprintVenice : Erhard Ratdolt, 24 Dec. 1485
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectAstronomy
Keywordsconceptio; birth; medicine-practical; tools; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02132600
Holding InstitutionLondon, Wellcome Collection (GB)
ShelfmarkEPB Incunabula 1.c.2
Also bound with this copyAbulcasis: Liber servitoris. - 1479 : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Abulcasis: Cyrurgia cum cauteriis et aliis instrumentis. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1500
NoteCreated by Julia G. Martins
Physical Description40, first leaf (diagram) mounted, 60 pages with astrological woodcuts.
Size of leaves197 × 145 mm
Copy FeaturesComposite volume
No evidence of use
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic Reproduction Available on the Wellcome Library website.
SourceF.N.L. Poynter, 'A catalogue of Incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library', London 1954, n.2; Incunabula: The Printing Revolution in Europe, 1455-1500.
Provenance
Provenance name [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteThe binder's pallet on the front endpaper reads: 'Bound by J. B. Hawes, Cambridge'
Date of evidence19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note19th-century binding using earlier leather, crimson edges.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions204 × 150 × 10 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
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 evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
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.
Date of evidence1936
Method of acquisitionBequest
Manuscript notesSome bibliographical notes in pencil 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
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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