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mei/02144949 *KB+ 1481 [02144949]

New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (US) : *KB+ 1481

ISTC No.id00029000
AutoreDante Alighieri
TitoloLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
Note tipograficheFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formato
Linguaita
SoggettoLiterature
Parole chiavepoetry; commentary; collection
Periodomedieval

Descrizione dell'esemplare

ID dell'esemplare02144949
BibliotecaNew York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (US)
Segnatura di collocazione*KB+ 1481
Storia dell'esemplareCreated by Cristina Dondi for the Polonsky Dante Project, with notes and images provided by John McQuillen from direct consultation.
Aspetti materialiIncomplete: begins with leaf f1r (Canto Octavo), without engravings. Missing leaves q10–bb10 and all after L8.
Misura delle carte390 × 263 mm
Peculiarità dell’esemplareIncompleta

Provenienza 1550 - 1650

Areae-it
Epoca1550 - 1650
Possessore [Persona]
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaPostille
Nota sulla decorazioneInitials are supplied in red or blue.
Note manoscritteMarginal annotations to the commentary and the texts in at least two different hands, the earliest certainly Italian:
mainly textual keywords: on m6r Inferno canto XVIIII 'papa Bonifazio' next to the text; On q2v 'fui homo d'arme' from the text; on q5r 'Macumet' from the text. Paradiso canto XVI in the commentary the words 'madre matrigna' are underlined and in the margin added 'della chiesa'. Extraction and calculations of years on o7r, dd7r, and I4r.
Other hand, possibly later, on o5v, and aaa3r (extractions of keywords from commentary).

Provenienza 1908 - 1908

Areae-fr
Epoca1908 - 1908
PossessoreUnidentified 1908 sale, 1908 [Possessore precedente]
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaPostille
Notapencil inscription from unidentified sale: “500 francs 1908”. This could be either French or Italian.
19th-century engravings by Gian Giacomo Machiavelli (1750–1811) from La Divina commedia (Bologna: Gamberini e Parmeggiani, 1821) added: leaf l1r “G.G.M. F.1807” and cc2r (image), cc6r (image), dd1v (image), glue stains on dd6v (perhaps these engravings partially fell out from some of Inferno?), gg7v (image), hh5v (image), large litho bound in after leaf D6v.
Nota sulla legatura19th-century blind stiff parchment over paper boards with red-tooled decoration. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves. Stuck-on endbands. Plain edges.
Datazione della legatura19 secolo
Condizione della legaturaLegatura non originale
Binding Dimensions400 × 280 × mm
Note manoscritteLeaves L9-11 added in manuscript facsimile. On leaves q9v and cc1r notes about missings parts in French, in a 19th-century (?) hand: 'il manque 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34' 'Il manque purgatoire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5'.
IntegrazioniSi

Provenienza 1908 - 1944

LuogoNew York City (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us
Epoca1908 - 1944
PossessorePhelps Stokes, Isaac Newton, 1867-1944 [Persona; Possessore precedente] (Maschile)
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaExlibris
Note manoscritte“£ 20 £12-12” and notes from Sotheby sales of other (in)complete volumes in 1916–21 (front endleaf 1 verso, presumably by Phelps Stokes)

Provenienza 1922 -

LuogoNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Epoca1922 -
PossessoreNew York Public Library, 1895- [Istituto/ente; Possessore attuale] (Biblioteca, Laico)
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaExlibris
NotaPresented on 24 August 1922; booklabel on front pastedown
Modalità di acquisizioneDono

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New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (US) : *KB+ 1481

ISTC No.id00029000
AutoreDante Alighieri
TitoloLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
Note tipograficheFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formato
Linguaita
SoggettoLiterature
Parole chiavepoetry; commentary; collection
Periodomedieval

Descrizione dell'esemplare

ID dell'esemplare02144949
BibliotecaNew York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (US)
Segnatura di collocazione*KB+ 1481
Storia dell'esemplareCreated by Cristina Dondi for the Polonsky Dante Project, with notes and images provided by John McQuillen from direct consultation.
Aspetti materialiIncomplete: begins with leaf f1r (Canto Octavo), without engravings. Missing leaves q10–bb10 and all after L8.
Misura delle carte390 × 263 mm
Peculiarità dell’esemplareIncompleta

Provenienza 1550 - 1650

Areae-it
Epoca1550 - 1650
Possessore [Persona]
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaPostille
Nota sulla decorazioneInitials are supplied in red or blue.
Note manoscritteMarginal annotations to the commentary and the texts in at least two different hands, the earliest certainly Italian:
mainly textual keywords: on m6r Inferno canto XVIIII 'papa Bonifazio' next to the text; On q2v 'fui homo d'arme' from the text; on q5r 'Macumet' from the text. Paradiso canto XVI in the commentary the words 'madre matrigna' are underlined and in the margin added 'della chiesa'. Extraction and calculations of years on o7r, dd7r, and I4r.
Other hand, possibly later, on o5v, and aaa3r (extractions of keywords from commentary).

Provenienza 1908 - 1908

Areae-fr
Epoca1908 - 1908
PossessoreUnidentified 1908 sale, 1908 [Possessore precedente]
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaPostille
Notapencil inscription from unidentified sale: “500 francs 1908”. This could be either French or Italian.
19th-century engravings by Gian Giacomo Machiavelli (1750–1811) from La Divina commedia (Bologna: Gamberini e Parmeggiani, 1821) added: leaf l1r “G.G.M. F.1807” and cc2r (image), cc6r (image), dd1v (image), glue stains on dd6v (perhaps these engravings partially fell out from some of Inferno?), gg7v (image), hh5v (image), large litho bound in after leaf D6v.
Nota sulla legatura19th-century blind stiff parchment over paper boards with red-tooled decoration. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves. Stuck-on endbands. Plain edges.
Datazione della legatura19 secolo
Condizione della legaturaLegatura non originale
Binding Dimensions400 × 280 × mm
Note manoscritteLeaves L9-11 added in manuscript facsimile. On leaves q9v and cc1r notes about missings parts in French, in a 19th-century (?) hand: 'il manque 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34' 'Il manque purgatoire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5'.
IntegrazioniSi

Provenienza 1908 - 1944

LuogoNew York City (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us
Epoca1908 - 1944
PossessorePhelps Stokes, Isaac Newton, 1867-1944 [Persona; Possessore precedente] (Maschile)
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaExlibris
Note manoscritte“£ 20 £12-12” and notes from Sotheby sales of other (in)complete volumes in 1916–21 (front endleaf 1 verso, presumably by Phelps Stokes)

Provenienza 1922 -

LuogoNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Epoca1922 -
PossessoreNew York Public Library, 1895- [Istituto/ente; Possessore attuale] (Biblioteca, Laico)
Tipologia del segno di provenienzaExlibris
NotaPresented on 24 August 1922; booklabel on front pastedown
Modalità di acquisizioneDono

Altre informazioni

Ultima modifica2021-07-21 13:18:53