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mei/02144949 *KB+ 1481 [02144949]

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

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
Formatf°
Languageita
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SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02144949
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (US)
Shelfmark*KB+ 1481
Copy HistoryCreated by Cristina Dondi for the Polonsky Dante Project, with notes and images provided by John McQuillen from direct consultation.
Physical DescriptionIncomplete: begins with leaf f1r (Canto Octavo), without engravings. Missing leaves q10–bb10 and all after L8.
Size of leaves390 × 263 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete

Provenance 1550 - 1650

Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1650
Provenance name [Person]
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Decoration NoteInitials are supplied in red or blue.
Manuscript notesMarginal 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).

Provenance 1908 - 1908

Areae-fr
Time period1908 - 1908
Provenance nameUnidentified 1908 sale, 1908 [Former Owner]
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Notepencil 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.
Binding note19th-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.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions400 × 280 × mm
Manuscript notesLeaves 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'.
CompletionsYes

Provenance 1908 - 1944

PlaceNew York City (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us
Time period1908 - 1944
Provenance namePhelps Stokes, Isaac Newton, 1867-1944 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript notes“£ 20 £12-12” and notes from Sotheby sales of other (in)complete volumes in 1916–21 (front endleaf 1 verso, presumably by Phelps Stokes)

Provenance 1922 -

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1922 -
Provenance nameNew York Public Library, 1895- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePresented on 24 August 1922; booklabel on front pastedown
Method of acquisitionDonation

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copyId02144949
holdingInstitutionIdNYPL
shelfmark*KB+ 1481
copyHistoryCreated by Cristina Dondi for the Polonsky Dante Project, with notes and images provided by John McQuillen from direct consultation.
physicalDescriptionNoteIncomplete: begins with leaf f1r (Canto Octavo), without engravings. Missing leaves q10–bb10 and all after L8.
paperSize390 × 263 mm
copyType1

provenance 1550 - 1650

areae-it
timeperiod1550 - 1650
owner
provenanceType1
decorationNoteInitials are supplied in red or blue.
msNoteMarginal 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).

provenance 1908 - 1908

areae-fr
timeperiod1908 - 1908
ownerUnidentified 1908 sale, 1908
provenanceType1
notepencil 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.
bindingNote19th-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.
bindingDatew
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions400 × 280 × mm
Manuscript notesLeaves 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'.
CompletionsYes

Provenance 1908 - 1944

PlaceNew York City (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us
Time period1908 - 1944
Provenance namePhelps Stokes, Isaac Newton, 1867-1944 [Person; Former Owner] (Male)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript notes“£ 20 £12-12” and notes from Sotheby sales of other (in)complete volumes in 1916–21 (front endleaf 1 verso, presumably by Phelps Stokes)

Provenance 1922 -

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1922 -
Provenance nameNew York Public Library, 1895- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePresented on 24 August 1922; booklabel on front pastedown
Method of acquisitionDonation

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Last Edit2021-07-21 13:18:53