Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02146531 CW-135 [02146531]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-135

ISTC No.il00318000
AuthorLuchinus de Aretio
TitleDe prologis seu proemiis materna lingua conscriptis
ImprintMilan : Alexander Minutianus, 12 Nov. 1500
Format8°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
KeywordsTheology-pastoral
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146531
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-135
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves124 × 88 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1500-1650

Areae-it
Provenance nameAnonymous Italian owner, 1500-1650 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
Link to Provenance ImageOwner's note on 1r: "Questo libbreto e` bono per chi volle fare bene" Note at top of 1st page of text. Partially obscured by 19th century institutional stamp.
Design or initials "U A"[?] At bottom of 1r. Bottom of the design has been trimmed off.
2nd front endpaper: Owner's note with names of 3 people. "Nota delle [devere?] che devo risarcerie. Sign Gio. Batta Gino, Fra Bonifacio Boml., Fra Aleysio Boriql. Ad. Genl."
Inscription on 1st front endpaper "Io non posso fare [ ? ]" Also on page: a capital "D" in a different hand.
Spine showing shelf mark "F"
NoteSeveral notes in Italian by an unidentified owner, one of which includes the names of three men he was associated with. Spine shelf label suggests that the book was in an institutional collection by the 17th century.
Date of evidence17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note17th century parchment binding
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions125 × 90 × mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184850
TitlingManuscript
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesInscriptions only on an endpaper and the first page. No notes connected to the text. Also one drawing, possibly initials, at bottom of folio 1r.
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1866 - 1876

Areae-it
Time period1866 - 1876
Provenance nameMinistero dell'Istruzione pubblica del Regno d'Italia, Commissario governativo, 1861- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Unknown, Civil servant, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageBlue circular stamp at top of 1r. Outer ring of the stamp contains the initials "M.D.I.P.D.R.D.I." and the inner circle "C.G."
NoteThis stamp was used by the agency of the Italian government responsible for managing confiscated books following the suppression of the monasteries in the early 1860s.
Date of evidence1866-1876
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1890 - 1910

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1890 - 1910
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImagePrinted label: "From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger" At upper left corner of the front pastedown. This label may have been applied by the Free Library of Philadelphia after acquiring Copinger's library in 1898.
NoteBook listed in the catalogue of Copinger's collection: Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula, Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing Prior to the Year 1500, By Specimens from Over Three Hundred Different Presses. [London]: Privately Printed and Not for Circulation. 1898.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1898 -

PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
ownerFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageEx-Libris for the Free Library of Philadelphia, Josephine H. Widener Branch.
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-03-21 18:56:55

All Copies

  02146531

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-135

ISTC No.il00318000
AuthorLuchinus de Aretio
TitleDe prologis seu proemiis materna lingua conscriptis
ImprintMilan : Alexander Minutianus, 12 Nov. 1500
Format8°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
KeywordsTheology-pastoral
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146531
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-135
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves124 × 88 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance

Areae-it
Provenance nameAnonymous Italian owner, 1500-1650 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Shelfmark
Link to Provenance ImageOwner's note on 1r: "Questo libbreto e` bono per chi volle fare bene" Note at top of 1st page of text. Partially obscured by 19th century institutional stamp.
Design or initials "U A"[?] At bottom of 1r. Bottom of the design has been trimmed off.
2nd front endpaper: Owner's note with names of 3 people. "Nota delle [devere?] che devo risarcerie. Sign Gio. Batta Gino, Fra Bonifacio Boml., Fra Aleysio Boriql. Ad. Genl."
Inscription on 1st front endpaper "Io non posso fare [ ? ]" Also on page: a capital "D" in a different hand.
Spine showing shelf mark "F"
NoteSeveral notes in Italian by an unidentified owner, one of which includes the names of three men he was associated with. Spine shelf label suggests that the book was in an institutional collection by the 17th century.
Date of evidence17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note17th century parchment binding
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions125 × 90 × mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184850
TitlingManuscript
rubricationNoteNo rubrication
msNoteInscriptions only on an endpaper and the first page. No notes connected to the text. Also one drawing, possibly initials, at bottom of folio 1r.
hasPersonalNotesbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1866 - 1876

areae-it
timeperiod1866 - 1876
ownerMinistero dell'Istruzione pubblica del Regno d'Italia, Commissario governativo, 1861- (, )
provenanceType1
provenanceImageBlue circular stamp at top of 1r. Outer ring of the stamp contains the initials "M.D.I.P.D.R.D.I." and the inner circle "C.G."
noteThis stamp was used by the agency of the Italian government responsible for managing confiscated books following the suppression of the monasteries in the early 1860s.
provDate1866-1876
methodofacqh
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1890 - 1910

placenameManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1890 - 1910
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImagePrinted label: "From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger" At upper left corner of the front pastedown. This label may have been applied by the Free Library of Philadelphia after acquiring Copinger's library in 1898.
noteBook listed in the catalogue of Copinger's collection: Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula, Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Art of Printing Prior to the Year 1500, By Specimens from Over Three Hundred Different Presses. [London]: Privately Printed and Not for Circulation. 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqx
certaintya
psourcea
f

provenance 1898 -

placenamePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
ownerFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageEx-Libris for the Free Library of Philadelphia, Josephine H. Widener Branch.
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-03-21 18:56:55