Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02137863 C 1482 Me [02137863]

Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library (US) : C 1482 Me

ISTC No.im00452000
AuthorMela, Pomponius
TitleCosmographia, sive De situ orbis. Add: Dionysius Periegetes: De situ orbis. Tr: Priscianus
ImprintVenice : Erhard Ratdolt, 18 July 1482
Format
Languagelat
SubjectGeography
Keywordscollection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02137863
Holding InstitutionAnn Arbor MI, University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library (US)
ShelfmarkC 1482 Me
NoteCreated by Debora Di Pietro
Physical DescriptionBetween the front endleaf and the first leaf is a piece of paper with a handwritten note quoting part from 'A catalogue of geography voyages, travels, history of America, Africa, Australasia, and Asia …', curated by Bernard Quaritch. London, May 1899, p. 137; fac-simile copy of Erhard Ratdolt’s printer device.
[A1] recto and F8 verso blank.
On leaf [A1] verso full-page woodcut world map.
On leaf A2 recto caption title, printed in red.
Copius white-on-black woodcut initials surrounded by phytomorphic decorations.
Size of leaves205 × 143 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
Support material (plates)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1600

Time period1500 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Europe, 1500-1600 [Person; Annotator]
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesTwo marginal manuscript notes extracting keywords in brown ink, leaves A2v, and A3r.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1800

Areaen
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous binder [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteFull non-contemporary vellum; smooth spine titled in ink; plain non-contemporary endpapers; text sewn on three supports, the ends brought inside the boards; worked headbands with vellum cores, the ends laced into the cover at head and tail.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions210 × 152 × 14 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1882

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period - 1882
Provenance nameMurphy, Henry Cruse, 1810 - 1882 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1884

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period - 1884
Provenance nameNew York, George A. Leavitt & Co., 1856-1888 [Corporate body; Auctioneer] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe copy was sold at Murphy auction on March 3, 1884.
[See 'Catalogue of the magnificent library of the Hon. Henry C. Murphy, of Brooklyn, Long Island, consisting almost wholly of Americana or books relating to America the whole to be sold by auction. Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., auctioneers, New York, 1884'. [S.l. : s.n., 1884?], p. 279]
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1884 - 1923

PlaceAnn Arbor (Geonames ID: 4984247)
Arean-us-mi
Time period1884 - 1923
Provenance nameClements, William Lawrence, 1861-1934 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
NoteHandwritten pencil note on the verso of the front endleaf: 'Murphy copy sold 1884 for $ 23,00.
The bookplate of William L. Clements is pasted on the front pastedown.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price23,00 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1923 -

PlaceAnn Arbor (Geonames ID: 4984247)
Arean-us-mi
Time period1923 -
Provenance nameWilliam L. Clements Library, 1923- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteWilliam L. Clements donated the copy to the Library in 1923. He wrote about this incunabulum in the William L. Clements, The William L. Clements Library of Americana at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich: University of Michigan, 1923.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-04-07 21:58:37

All Copies

  02137863

Ann Arbor MI, University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library (US) : C 1482 Me

ISTC No.im00452000
AuthorMela, Pomponius
TitleCosmographia, sive De situ orbis. Add: Dionysius Periegetes: De situ orbis. Tr: Priscianus
ImprintVenice : Erhard Ratdolt, 18 July 1482
Format
Languagelat
SubjectGeography
Keywordscollection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02137863
Holding InstitutionAnn Arbor MI, University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library (US)
ShelfmarkC 1482 Me
NoteCreated by Debora Di Pietro
Physical DescriptionBetween the front endleaf and the first leaf is a piece of paper with a handwritten note quoting part from 'A catalogue of geography voyages, travels, history of America, Africa, Australasia, and Asia …', curated by Bernard Quaritch. London, May 1899, p. 137; fac-simile copy of Erhard Ratdolt’s printer device.
[A1] recto and F8 verso blank.
On leaf [A1] verso full-page woodcut world map.
On leaf A2 recto caption title, printed in red.
Copius white-on-black woodcut initials surrounded by phytomorphic decorations.
Size of leaves205 × 143 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
No rubrication
Support material (book)Paper
Support material (plates)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1600

Time period1500 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Europe, 1500-1600 [Person; Annotator]
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesTwo marginal manuscript notes extracting keywords in brown ink, leaves A2v, and A3r.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1701 - 1800

Areaen
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance nameAnonymous binder [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteFull non-contemporary vellum; smooth spine titled in ink; plain non-contemporary endpapers; text sewn on three supports, the ends brought inside the boards; worked headbands with vellum cores, the ends laced into the cover at head and tail.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions210 × 152 × 14 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1882

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period - 1882
Provenance nameMurphy, Henry Cruse, 1810 - 1882 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1884

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period - 1884
Provenance nameNew York, George A. Leavitt & Co., 1856-1888 [Corporate body; Auctioneer] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThe copy was sold at Murphy auction on March 3, 1884.
[See 'Catalogue of the magnificent library of the Hon. Henry C. Murphy, of Brooklyn, Long Island, consisting almost wholly of Americana or books relating to America the whole to be sold by auction. Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., auctioneers, New York, 1884'. [S.l. : s.n., 1884?], p. 279]
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1884 - 1923

PlaceAnn Arbor (Geonames ID: 4984247)
Arean-us-mi
Time period1884 - 1923
Provenance nameClements, William Lawrence, 1861-1934 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
NoteHandwritten pencil note on the verso of the front endleaf: 'Murphy copy sold 1884 for $ 23,00.
The bookplate of William L. Clements is pasted on the front pastedown.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price23,00 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1923 -

PlaceAnn Arbor (Geonames ID: 4984247)
Arean-us-mi
Time period1923 -
Provenance nameWilliam L. Clements Library, 1923- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteWilliam L. Clements donated the copy to the Library in 1923. He wrote about this incunabulum in the William L. Clements, The William L. Clements Library of Americana at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich: University of Michigan, 1923.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-04-07 21:58:37