Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02140616 Inc. Haun. 1332 [02140616]

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek (DK) : Inc. Haun. 1332

ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Format
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02140616
Holding InstitutionCopenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek (DK)
ShelfmarkInc. Haun. 1332
NoteCreated by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481", with data provided by Anders Toftgaard (Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek).
Physical DescriptionTwo engravings for Cantos I and II (Category A of Hind's classification system).
Leaves 1, 14, 15, 371, 372 are missing.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceJ. A. Bölling, "Index librorum sæculo XVmo impressorum quorum exempla possidet Bibliotheca regia hafniensis", Hafniæ, prostat in Libraria Gyldendaliana, 1889, p. 115 no. 907.
V. Madsen, "Katalog over det Kongelige Biblioteks Inkunabler", Levin & Munksgaard, Kopenhagen 1935, p. 247 no. 1332.
A. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving. A critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described", Kraus Reprint, 1970 Nendeln, p. 104.
“Commento sopra la «Commedia»”, edited by Paolo Procaccioli, Salerno, Rome 2014, p. 129.
Anders Toftgaard, “A Private Library as a Material History of the Book. Otto Thott’s Encyclopedic Library in Copenhagen”, forthcoming article.

Provenance 1703 - 1785

PlaceCopenhagen (Geonames ID: 2618425)
Areae-dk
Time period1703 - 1785
Provenance nameThott, Otto, 1703 - 1785 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeBinding
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageImage in CERL Provenance Digital Archive Binding, front cover
NoteThe type used for the number "1" in the year 1481 on the spine makes it highly probably that the binding was made for Otto Thott’s library, as it is often seen on bindings made for his library.
The edition figures "in duplo" in the handwritten catalogue of Thott’s library ("Catalogus Librorum a primis incunabulis Artis Typographicae usque ad Annum 1500 qui in Bibliotheca Comitis de Thott reperiuntur Oslo", National Library, ms. fol. 36:1, Libri Artium elegant. Poetæ recent. Fabulæ etc; nr. 8). The printed catalogue (Rasmus Nyerup (ed.), "Catalogi Bibliothecae Thottianæ tomus septimus. Libros cum ab Inventa Typographia ad Annum MDXXX Excusos tum Manuscriptos continens", S. Popp, 1795 Copenhagen) has two numbers for the edition: nr. 2043-2044. This means that at a certain point in the history of the Royal Danish Library (before Madsen’s catalogue was made, but not necessarily a long time before), one copy has been traded away.
Binding note18th-century “Cambridge binding” with calf covers in two colours, tipically Danish. Blind tooled decoration and gilt spine decoration. The marbled endpaper is the kind of marbled paper used in 18th-century Denmark (see Anker Kyster, “Kulørt Papir til Bogbind”. Bogvennen, 1. januar 1928, p. 74). Edges sprinkled in black.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1792 -

PlaceCopenhagen (Geonames ID: 2618425)
Areae-dk
Time period1792 -
Provenance nameCopenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 1785 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, Royalty)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteA work of preservation was made on the binding of Inc. haun. 1332 in 2013.
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-06-08 10:47:12

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  02140616

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek (DK) : Inc. Haun. 1332

ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Format
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02140616
Holding InstitutionCopenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek (DK)
ShelfmarkInc. Haun. 1332
NoteCreated by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481", with data provided by Anders Toftgaard (Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek).
Physical DescriptionTwo engravings for Cantos I and II (Category A of Hind's classification system).
Leaves 1, 14, 15, 371, 372 are missing.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceJ. A. Bölling, "Index librorum sæculo XVmo impressorum quorum exempla possidet Bibliotheca regia hafniensis", Hafniæ, prostat in Libraria Gyldendaliana, 1889, p. 115 no. 907.
V. Madsen, "Katalog over det Kongelige Biblioteks Inkunabler", Levin & Munksgaard, Kopenhagen 1935, p. 247 no. 1332.
A. M. Hind, "Early Italian Engraving. A critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described", Kraus Reprint, 1970 Nendeln, p. 104.
“Commento sopra la «Commedia»”, edited by Paolo Procaccioli, Salerno, Rome 2014, p. 129.
Anders Toftgaard, “A Private Library as a Material History of the Book. Otto Thott’s Encyclopedic Library in Copenhagen”, forthcoming article.

Provenance 1703 - 1785

PlaceCopenhagen (Geonames ID: 2618425)
Areae-dk
Time period1703 - 1785
Provenance nameThott, Otto, 1703 - 1785 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Civil servant, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeBinding
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageImage in CERL Provenance Digital Archive Binding, front cover
NoteThe type used for the number "1" in the year 1481 on the spine makes it highly probably that the binding was made for Otto Thott’s library, as it is often seen on bindings made for his library.
The edition figures "in duplo" in the handwritten catalogue of Thott’s library ("Catalogus Librorum a primis incunabulis Artis Typographicae usque ad Annum 1500 qui in Bibliotheca Comitis de Thott reperiuntur Oslo", National Library, ms. fol. 36:1, Libri Artium elegant. Poetæ recent. Fabulæ etc; nr. 8). The printed catalogue (Rasmus Nyerup (ed.), "Catalogi Bibliothecae Thottianæ tomus septimus. Libros cum ab Inventa Typographia ad Annum MDXXX Excusos tum Manuscriptos continens", S. Popp, 1795 Copenhagen) has two numbers for the edition: nr. 2043-2044. This means that at a certain point in the history of the Royal Danish Library (before Madsen’s catalogue was made, but not necessarily a long time before), one copy has been traded away.
Binding note18th-century “Cambridge binding” with calf covers in two colours, tipically Danish. Blind tooled decoration and gilt spine decoration. The marbled endpaper is the kind of marbled paper used in 18th-century Denmark (see Anker Kyster, “Kulørt Papir til Bogbind”. Bogvennen, 1. januar 1928, p. 74). Edges sprinkled in black.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1792 -

PlaceCopenhagen (Geonames ID: 2618425)
Areae-dk
Time period1792 -
Provenance nameCopenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 1785 - [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, Royalty)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteA work of preservation was made on the binding of Inc. haun. 1332 in 2013.
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-06-08 10:47:12