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mei/02145109 SPEC Inc.P04/B [02145109]

Liverpool, University Library (GB) : SPEC Inc.P04/B

ISTC No.io00097000
AuthorOrosius, Paulus
TitleHistoriae adversus paganos. Ed: Aeneas Vulpes
Imprint[Vicenza] : Hermannus Liechtenstein, [about 1475]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjectecclesiastical history
Keywordspolemical works
Periodpatristic

Description of Copy

Copy Id02145109
Holding InstitutionLiverpool, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSPEC Inc.P04/B
Also bound with this copyEusebius Caesariensis: Chronicon (Tr: Hieronymus). With the continuations of Prosper Aquitanus and Matthaeus Palmerius Florentinus. Prelim: Boninus Mombritius: Epigrammata tria ad lectorem. - [Milan] : Philippus de Lavagnia, [about 1474-75] [ie00116000] (MEI ID: 02145109)
NoteCreated by Niamh Delaney
Size of leaves264 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteBound with Eusebius, of Caesarea, Chronicon ([Milan] : Philippus de Lavagnia, [about 1474-75]) = ISTC ie00116000, SPEC Inc.P04/B(02).
In an 18th century(?) hand on final leaf of SPEC Inc.P04/B(02) is written "Pauli Orosii. Historia" (with a line through the first word).
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1549

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period - 1549
Provenance nameBarbaro, Francesco, -1549 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageCERL PDA Inscription
NoteInscription on the final leaf of SPEC Inc.P04/B(02) in an early hand: "Hic cronicarum liber est domini Francisci Barbari: condam domini Danielis de bonis paternis co[n]p[er?]atu". Folio numbers, in what may be the same early hand, provided throughout both items in the bound volume.
First leaf mounted, obscuring writing on the verso, in more than one early hand, in Italian. These inscriptions have been effaced at an earlier date. Faintly visible under a lightsheet. "Questo libro si ... C-4" "... libro sie ... me lo[?] daga che ..." "a di 23 Aprile 1580 Io. Carlo..."
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteInitials supplied in red and blue alternately (in both items in bound volume). With large letter 'P' in blue on red vine stem background, on leaf [a2] recto of first item in bound volume.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Manuscript notesWith a small number of marginal notes in a several early hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1730 - 1783

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1730 - 1783
Provenance nameBetham, Edward (1707-1783), 1707 - 1783 [Person; Former Owner] (Scholar, Religious)
Anonymous, 1700-1800 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteInscription on front endpaper: "M. Wodhull May 22d 1784". With further notes in Wodhull's hand, including "Leigh's Auct: libr Revd Mr Betham"
Date of evidence1784
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteLate 17th/18th century "Cambridge panel" style calf binding. Red leather spine label with titling in gilt. Board edges tooled in gilt. Bookblock edges coloured (in differing shades for SPEC Inc.P04/B(01) and SPEC Inc.P04/B902).|5UkLiU
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions271 × 198 × 65 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
edgesColoured
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1784 - 1886

Time period1784 - 1886
Provenance nameWodhull, Michael, 1740-1816 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front endpaper: "M. Wodhull May 22d 1784". With further notes in Wodhull's hand, including "Leigh's Auct: libr Revd Mr Betham -- Lib. Cap. Color = :18: ="
Date of evidence1784
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price0.18.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1886 - 1940

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1886 - 1940
Provenance nameHarrison, Cecil R., 1856-1940 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front endpaper: "Cecil R. Harrison Dec. 1886"
Date of evidence1886
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1940 - 1943

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1940 - 1943
Provenance nameDavis and Orioli, 1910-1965 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Documentary Evidence
NoteUniversity of Liverpool accession number 56179 - purchased Sept. 1943 from Davis & Orioli.
Date of evidence1943
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1943 -

PlaceLiverpool (Geonames ID: 2644210)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1943 -
Provenance nameLiverpool, University of Liverpool, 1881- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Accession mark
Documentary Evidence
NoteUniversity of Liverpool bookplate. Accession number 56179 - purchased Sept. 1943 from Davis & Orioli, for £30-0-0.
Date of evidence1943
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price30 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2022-08-09 14:49:22

All Copies

  02145109

Liverpool, University Library (GB) : SPEC Inc.P04/B

ISTC No.io00097000
AuthorOrosius, Paulus
TitleHistoriae adversus paganos. Ed: Aeneas Vulpes
Imprint[Vicenza] : Hermannus Liechtenstein, [about 1475]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
Subjectecclesiastical history
Keywordspolemical works
Periodpatristic

Description of Copy

Copy Id02145109
Holding InstitutionLiverpool, University Library (GB)
ShelfmarkSPEC Inc.P04/B
Also bound with this copyEusebius Caesariensis: Chronicon (Tr: Hieronymus). With the continuations of Prosper Aquitanus and Matthaeus Palmerius Florentinus. Prelim: Boninus Mombritius: Epigrammata tria ad lectorem. - [Milan] : Philippus de Lavagnia, [about 1474-75] [ie00116000] (MEI ID: 02145109)
NoteCreated by Niamh Delaney
Size of leaves264 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteBound with Eusebius, of Caesarea, Chronicon ([Milan] : Philippus de Lavagnia, [about 1474-75]) = ISTC ie00116000, SPEC Inc.P04/B(02).
In an 18th century(?) hand on final leaf of SPEC Inc.P04/B(02) is written "Pauli Orosii. Historia" (with a line through the first word).
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1549

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period - 1549
Provenance nameBarbaro, Francesco, -1549 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageCERL PDA Inscription
NoteInscription on the final leaf of SPEC Inc.P04/B(02) in an early hand: "Hic cronicarum liber est domini Francisci Barbari: condam domini Danielis de bonis paternis co[n]p[er?]atu". Folio numbers, in what may be the same early hand, provided throughout both items in the bound volume.
First leaf mounted, obscuring writing on the verso, in more than one early hand, in Italian. These inscriptions have been effaced at an earlier date. Faintly visible under a lightsheet. "Questo libro si ... C-4" "... libro sie ... me lo[?] daga che ..." "a di 23 Aprile 1580 Io. Carlo..."
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteInitials supplied in red and blue alternately (in both items in bound volume). With large letter 'P' in blue on red vine stem background, on leaf [a2] recto of first item in bound volume.
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Manuscript notesWith a small number of marginal notes in a several early hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1730 - 1783

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1730 - 1783
Provenance nameBetham, Edward (1707-1783), 1707 - 1783 [Person; Former Owner] (Scholar, Religious)
Anonymous, 1700-1800 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
NoteInscription on front endpaper: "M. Wodhull May 22d 1784". With further notes in Wodhull's hand, including "Leigh's Auct: libr Revd Mr Betham"
Date of evidence1784
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteLate 17th/18th century "Cambridge panel" style calf binding. Red leather spine label with titling in gilt. Board edges tooled in gilt. Bookblock edges coloured (in differing shades for SPEC Inc.P04/B(01) and SPEC Inc.P04/B902).|5UkLiU
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions271 × 198 × 65 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1784 - 1886

Time period1784 - 1886
Provenance nameWodhull, Michael, 1740-1816 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front endpaper: "M. Wodhull May 22d 1784". With further notes in Wodhull's hand, including "Leigh's Auct: libr Revd Mr Betham -- Lib. Cap. Color = :18: ="
Date of evidence1784
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price0.18.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1886 - 1940

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
timeperiod1886 - 1940
Provenance nameHarrison, Cecil R., 1856-1940 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription on front endpaper: "Cecil R. Harrison Dec. 1886"
Date of evidence1886
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1940 - 1943

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1940 - 1943
Provenance nameDavis and Orioli, 1910-1965 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeAccession mark
Documentary Evidence
NoteUniversity of Liverpool accession number 56179 - purchased Sept. 1943 from Davis & Orioli.
Date of evidence1943
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1943 -

PlaceLiverpool (Geonames ID: 2644210)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1943 -
Provenance nameLiverpool, University of Liverpool, 1881- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Accession mark
Documentary Evidence
NoteUniversity of Liverpool bookplate. Accession number 56179 - purchased Sept. 1943 from Davis & Orioli, for £30-0-0.
Date of evidence1943
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price30 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2022-08-09 14:49:22