Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02145303 [02145303]

London, private collection (GB) :

ISTC No.ip00720000
AuthorPius II, Pont. Max. (formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)
TitleEpistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Descriptio urbis Viennensis. Ed: Nicolaus de Wyle
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 17 May 1496
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
KeywordsLetter collection; rhetoric; collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02145303
Holding InstitutionLondon, private collection (GB)
NoteCreated by Alexander Malcolm.
Size of leaves210 × 153 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteIncomplete - Lacks 15 leaves (L2-L8 and M1-M8) which mainly contain “De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia”, a romantic novel; perhaps removed deliberately for its erotic content.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1496 - 1523

PlaceVenezia (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1496 - 1523
Provenance nameGrimani, Domenico, 1461 - 1523 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ownership inscription
NoteInscription reads "Liber D. Grimani Car[dina]lis S Marci".
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849 - 1879

PlaceOlomouc (Geonames ID: 3069011)
Areae-cs
Time period1849 - 1879
Provenance nameRobert, Count of Lichnowsky-Werdenberg , 1822 -1879 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ex-Libris
CERL Provenance Digital Archive Ownership stamp
NoteExlibris is dated 1849.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn flyleaf facing title page, 19th century inscription of c. 100 words extracted from Patrologia Latina vol. LIV, column 41 (P. Quesnelli Praefatio In Suam Editionem) concerning Grimani and his library.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Historic ShelfmarkOn exlibris: "Rep. 1. Lit. A." - Rep and Lit printed, 1 and A added in ms.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1898 - 1898

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1898 - 1898
Provenance nameGuldmann, Dr A., 1898 [Person] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Inscription
NoteInscription reads "Herr Dr. A. Guldmann", one line unreadable, on final line "Wien, 16. Oct. [1]898" followed by signature, also unreadable, so possibly a presentation.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1898 - 1914

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1898 - 1914
Provenance nameModern, Heinrich, 1851-1914 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ex-libris
NoteNote that the Universitatsbibliothek Graz has 2 other incunables formerly owned by Heinrich Modern, one of which also came from the Lichnowsky collection.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1948 - 2008

PlaceWokingham (Geonames ID: 2633708)
Areae-uk
Time period1948 - 2008
Provenance nameHomer, Ronald Frederick, 1948-2008 [Person] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay) Floruit
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ex-libris
NoteTyped label on rear pastedown: "BOUND Oct 1991"
Date of evidence1991
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteTyped label on rear pastedown "BOUND Oct 1991".
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions218 × 155 × 55 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 2009 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period2009 -
Provenance nameLondon, Private collection, 1961- [Person; Present Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
NoteAcquired Bonhams London, 24 March 2009, lot 103.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

Last Edit2021-12-06 00:47:10

All Copies

  02145303

London, private collection (GB) :

ISTC No.ip00720000
AuthorPius II, Pont. Max. (formerly Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)
TitleEpistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Descriptio urbis Viennensis. Ed: Nicolaus de Wyle
ImprintNuremberg : Anton Koberger, 17 May 1496
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-moral
KeywordsLetter collection; rhetoric; collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02145303
Holding InstitutionLondon, private collection (GB)
NoteCreated by Alexander Malcolm.
Size of leaves210 × 153 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteIncomplete - Lacks 15 leaves (L2-L8 and M1-M8) which mainly contain “De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia”, a romantic novel; perhaps removed deliberately for its erotic content.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1496 - 1523

PlaceVenezia (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1496 - 1523
Provenance nameGrimani, Domenico, 1461 - 1523 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ownership inscription
NoteInscription reads "Liber D. Grimani Car[dina]lis S Marci".
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849 - 1879

PlaceOlomouc (Geonames ID: 3069011)
Areae-cs
Time period1849 - 1879
Provenance nameRobert, Count of Lichnowsky-Werdenberg , 1822 -1879 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ex-Libris
CERL Provenance Digital Archive Ownership stamp
NoteExlibris is dated 1849.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesOn flyleaf facing title page, 19th century inscription of c. 100 words extracted from Patrologia Latina vol. LIV, column 41 (P. Quesnelli Praefatio In Suam Editionem) concerning Grimani and his library.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Historic ShelfmarkOn exlibris: "Rep. 1. Lit. A." - Rep and Lit printed, 1 and A added in ms.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1898 - 1898

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1898 - 1898
Provenance nameGuldmann, Dr A., 1898 [Person] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Inscription
NoteInscription reads "Herr Dr. A. Guldmann", one line unreadable, on final line "Wien, 16. Oct. [1]898" followed by signature, also unreadable, so possibly a presentation.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1898 - 1914

PlaceVienna (Geonames ID: 2761369)
Areae-au
Time period1898 - 1914
Provenance nameModern, Heinrich, 1851-1914 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ex-libris
NoteNote that the Universitatsbibliothek Graz has 2 other incunables formerly owned by Heinrich Modern, one of which also came from the Lichnowsky collection.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1948 - 2008

PlaceWokingham (Geonames ID: 2633708)
Areae-uk
Time period1948 - 2008
Provenance nameHomer, Ronald Frederick, 1948-2008 [Person] (Male, Unknown, No characterisation/lay) Floruit
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageCERL Provenance Digital Archive Ex-libris
NoteTyped label on rear pastedown: "BOUND Oct 1991"
Date of evidence1991
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding noteTyped label on rear pastedown "BOUND Oct 1991".
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions218 × 155 × 55 mm
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
EdgesColoured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 2009 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period2009 -
Provenance nameLondon, Private collection, 1961- [Person; Present Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
NoteAcquired Bonhams London, 24 March 2009, lot 103.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

Last Edit2021-12-06 00:47:10