Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02146930 CW-92 [02146930]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-92

ISTC No.ib01248000
AuthorBrunus Aretinus, Leonardus
TitleHistoriae Florentini populi [Italian] (Tr: Donatus Acciaiolus)
ImprintFlorence : Bartolommeo di Libri, 5 June 1492
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordstranslation
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146930
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-92
Also bound with this copyPoggius Florentinus: Historia Florentina [Italian]. Tr: Jacopo di Poggio. - Florence : Bartolommeo di Libri, 3 Sept. 1492 [ip00874000]
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves310 × 205 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteBound with Bruni first, followed by Poggio. The last gathering of the Bruni, the Tauola delle Historie fiorentine [rum] 1-4, follows the Poggio rather than the Bruni.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1500 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous Italian owner, 1600-1700 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageMarginal notes on fol. 9r
Spine label and binding. Handwritten label on spine: "Storia Fioren[tina] di Leonardo Aretino, & di Poggio. 1492"
NoteExtensive marginal notes in Italian in first 30 pages of the Bruni. Notes in at least two hands.
Date of evidencelate 16th-17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note17th/18th century limp vellum binding with manuscript label on spine for both the Bruni and Poggio works. Note on back pastedown that the binding was repaired in 1964.
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions329 × 219 × 71 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
Decoration NoteNo decoration or ornamental letters
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes in first 30 folios of the Bruni. Notes in Italian, in at least two hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 18th century - early 19th century

Areae-uk-en
Provenance namePen. Neale, 18th century - early 19th century [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription "Pen. Neale". Inscription at top of 1r, first page of text.
NoteInscription in brown ink "Pen. Neale" at top of 1st page of text, and "P. Neale" on back pastedown. Probably English owner in the late 18th or early 19th centuries.
Date of evidence1800?
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceBramshill
Areae-uk-en
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameCope, William Henry <Sir>, 1811 - 1892 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageExlibris with the Cope family coat of arms. Motto on the exlibris: "Aequo Adeste Animo."
Date of evidencemid-19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1880 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1880 - 1898
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageCopinger Exlibris "Walter Arthur Copinger. Virtute et Fidelitate. 1892" Exlibris printed in gold ink with coat of arms, decorative frame, and the date 1892 . Link is to image of the same Ex-Libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146280.
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.
In upper left corner of front pastedown is printed white rectangular label "From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger."
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
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
Time period1898 -
Provenance nameFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NotePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-03-23 18:44:50

All Copies

  02146930

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-92

ISTC No.ib01248000
AuthorBrunus Aretinus, Leonardus
TitleHistoriae Florentini populi [Italian] (Tr: Donatus Acciaiolus)
ImprintFlorence : Bartolommeo di Libri, 5 June 1492
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordstranslation
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02146930
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-92
Also bound with this copyPoggius Florentinus: Historia Florentina [Italian]. Tr: Jacopo di Poggio. - Florence : Bartolommeo di Libri, 3 Sept. 1492 [ip00874000]
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves310 × 205 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteBound with Bruni first, followed by Poggio. The last gathering of the Bruni, the Tauola delle Historie fiorentine [rum] 1-4, follows the Poggio rather than the Bruni.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1500 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous Italian owner, 1600-1700 [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageMarginal notes on fol. 9r
Spine label and binding. Handwritten label on spine: "Storia Fioren[tina] di Leonardo Aretino, & di Poggio. 1492"
NoteExtensive marginal notes in Italian in first 30 pages of the Bruni. Notes in at least two hands.
Date of evidencelate 16th-17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note17th/18th century limp vellum binding with manuscript label on spine for both the Bruni and Poggio works. Note on back pastedown that the binding was repaired in 1964.
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeLimp
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions329 × 219 × 71 mm
TitlingManuscript
ToolingNone
Decoration NoteNo decoration or ornamental letters
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes in first 30 folios of the Bruni. Notes in Italian, in at least two hands.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookParts only
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance

Areae-uk-en
Provenance namePen. Neale, 18th century - early 19th century [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription "Pen. Neale". Inscription at top of 1r, first page of text.
NoteInscription in brown ink "Pen. Neale" at top of 1st page of text, and "P. Neale" on back pastedown. Probably English owner in the late 18th or early 19th centuries.
Date of evidence1800?
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceBramshill
Areae-uk-en
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameCope, William Henry <Sir>, 1811 - 1892 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageExlibris with the Cope family coat of arms. Motto on the exlibris: "Aequo Adeste Animo."
Date of evidencemid-19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1880 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1880 - 1898
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageCopinger Exlibris "Walter Arthur Copinger. Virtute et Fidelitate. 1892" Exlibris printed in gold ink with coat of arms, decorative frame, and the date 1892 . Link is to image of the same Ex-Libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146280.
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.
In upper left corner of front pastedown is printed white rectangular label "From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger."
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
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
Time period1898 -
Provenance nameFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NotePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-03-23 18:44:50