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mei/02147120 Incun. X .V7757 Rosenwald Coll [02147120]

Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (US) : Incun. X .V7757 Rosenwald Coll

ISTC No.ih00246000
AuthorHieronymus
TitleVita et transitus (i.e., Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi) [Italian] La vita el transito. Add: Certi miracoli; Certi detti dei santi e dottori sopra S. Girolamo. Inno al S. Girolamo
Imprint[Venice : Printer of Basilius, 'De vita solitaria', about 1471]
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsanthology
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02147120
Holding InstitutionWashington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (US)
ShelfmarkIncun. X .V7757 Rosenwald Coll
NoteRosenwald 217
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Physical DescriptionContains extensive bibliographical note in English by an unidentified owner on verso of first front flyleaf.
Size of leaves223 × 157 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteSome leaves formerly bound in incorrect order, as indicated by early ms foliation: two sheets containing the table of contents ([a]1.10 and [a]2.9) formerly bound at the end of the end of the volume; inconsistencies in foliation in other parts of the volume indicate other sheets were also previously misbound.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic Reproductiondigital reproduction via Library of Congress website
SourceLibrary of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection 1977, 217
[<https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036792037&view=1up&seq=74&skin=2021&q1=217>]
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection 1954, 196
Prince d'Essling, Les livres à figures venitiens, I (Florence-Paris, 1907), p. 115, n.122.

Provenance 1471 - 1500

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1471 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonimo xilominiatore, 1470-1500 [Person; Illuminator] (Artist, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteHand-stamped woodcut panels with white vine stem decoration (upper panel probably the same as fig. 42 in Donato, Fregi xilografici, side and lower panels in the same style), coloured in blue, green, pink and gold leaf. Decorated capital 'A' with white vine stem decoration drawn in brown ink and coloured to match the border.
Ornamental lettersYes
Illustration stamped inYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1471 - 1525

Areae-it
Time period1471 - 1525
Provenance nameA. B. [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteRhyming ownership inscription in Italian in a humanistic cursive on [a]10v: "libro semai dame festi partita ricordati | che son et sempre fu A. B. et saro in vita".
Manuscript notesEarly ms foliation in brown ink follows order in which the book was previously bound.
Structuring the textYes
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesA few early marginal notes in Italian (16c?), washed but visible under UV light.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1775 - 1825

Time period1775 - 1825
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteLate 18/early 19c red straight-grain morocco, with black paper pastedowns. Turn-ins decorated with Grecian key roll. Title in gilt across spine: "VITA. &c. | DI | S. GIROLAMO | ANT. ED."
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849 - 1919

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1849 - 1919
Provenance nameMurray, Charles Fairfax, 1849 - 1919 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteRecorded as the Fairfax Murray copy in the Rosenwald collection files.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1867 - 1867

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1867 - 1867
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NotePencil note on back flyleaf, partly unread: "Collated perfect | May 11/67 | B. Quaritch | ....".
Date of evidence11 May 1867
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1947 - 1947

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1947 - 1947
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased from Rosenbach according to Rosenwald collection files.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1947 - 1954

PlaceJenkintown (Geonames ID: 5195363)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1947 - 1954
Provenance nameRosenwald, Lessing Julius, 1891 - 1979 [Person; Present Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn upper pastedown, hexagonal leather exlibris decorated in gilt, with Rosenwald's initials arranged "LRJ". Former shelfmark? in blue-indigo ink "612" immediately to the right of the exlibris.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1954 -

PlaceWashington (Geonames ID: 4140963)
Arean-us-dc
Time period1954 -
Provenance nameWashington, D.C. , Library of Congress, 1800- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteOn upper pastedown, rectangular label reads "THE GIFT OF LESSING J. ROSENWALD TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS".
Between 1943-1980 books from the Rosenwald collection gradually arrived at the Library of Congress. This copy is already mentioned in the 1954 printed catalogue, "The Rosenwald Collection. A Catalogue of Illustrated Books and Manuscripts, of Books from Celebrated Presses, and of Bindings and Maps, 1150-1950. The Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald to The Library of Congress".
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

Last Edit2022-11-14 21:02:51

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  02147120

Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (US) : Incun. X .V7757 Rosenwald Coll

ISTC No.ih00246000
AuthorHieronymus
TitleVita et transitus (i.e., Eusebius Cremonensis: Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Aurelius Augustinus, S: Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Cyrillus: De Miraculis Hieronymi) [Italian] La vita el transito. Add: Certi miracoli; Certi detti dei santi e dottori sopra S. Girolamo. Inno al S. Girolamo
Imprint[Venice : Printer of Basilius, 'De vita solitaria', about 1471]
Format4°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsanthology
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02147120
Holding InstitutionWashington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (US)
ShelfmarkIncun. X .V7757 Rosenwald Coll
NoteRosenwald 217
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Physical DescriptionContains extensive bibliographical note in English by an unidentified owner on verso of first front flyleaf.
Size of leaves223 × 157 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteSome leaves formerly bound in incorrect order, as indicated by early ms foliation: two sheets containing the table of contents ([a]1.10 and [a]2.9) formerly bound at the end of the end of the volume; inconsistencies in foliation in other parts of the volume indicate other sheets were also previously misbound.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic Reproductiondigital reproduction via Library of Congress website
SourceLibrary of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection 1977, 217
[<https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036792037&view=1up&seq=74&skin=2021&q1=217>]
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection 1954, 196
Prince d'Essling, Les livres à figures venitiens, I (Florence-Paris, 1907), p. 115, n.122.

Provenance 1471 - 1500

PlaceVenice (Geonames ID: 3164603)
Areae-it
Time period1471 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonimo xilominiatore, 1470-1500 [Person; Illuminator] (Artist, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteHand-stamped woodcut panels with white vine stem decoration (upper panel probably the same as fig. 42 in Donato, Fregi xilografici, side and lower panels in the same style), coloured in blue, green, pink and gold leaf. Decorated capital 'A' with white vine stem decoration drawn in brown ink and coloured to match the border.
Ornamental lettersYes
Illustration stamped inYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1471 - 1525

Areae-it
Time period1471 - 1525
Provenance nameA. B. [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteRhyming ownership inscription in Italian in a humanistic cursive on [a]10v: "libro semai dame festi partita ricordati | che son et sempre fu A. B. et saro in vita".
Manuscript notesEarly ms foliation in brown ink follows order in which the book was previously bound.
Structuring the textYes
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1501 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1501 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesA few early marginal notes in Italian (16c?), washed but visible under UV light.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1775 - 1825

Time period1775 - 1825
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteLate 18/early 19c red straight-grain morocco, with black paper pastedowns. Turn-ins decorated with Grecian key roll. Title in gilt across spine: "VITA. &c. | DI | S. GIROLAMO | ANT. ED."
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1849 - 1919

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1849 - 1919
Provenance nameMurray, Charles Fairfax, 1849 - 1919 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteRecorded as the Fairfax Murray copy in the Rosenwald collection files.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1867 - 1867

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1867 - 1867
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NotePencil note on back flyleaf, partly unread: "Collated perfect | May 11/67 | B. Quaritch | ....".
Date of evidence11 May 1867
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1947 - 1947

PlacePhiladelphia (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1947 - 1947
Provenance nameRosenbach Company, 1903-1953 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased from Rosenbach according to Rosenwald collection files.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1947 - 1954

PlaceJenkintown (Geonames ID: 5195363)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1947 - 1954
Provenance nameRosenwald, Lessing Julius, 1891 - 1979 [Person; Present Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteOn upper pastedown, hexagonal leather exlibris decorated in gilt, with Rosenwald's initials arranged "LRJ". Former shelfmark? in blue-indigo ink "612" immediately to the right of the exlibris.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1954 -

PlaceWashington (Geonames ID: 4140963)
Arean-us-dc
Time period1954 -
Provenance nameWashington, D.C. , Library of Congress, 1800- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteOn upper pastedown, rectangular label reads "THE GIFT OF LESSING J. ROSENWALD TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS".
Between 1943-1980 books from the Rosenwald collection gradually arrived at the Library of Congress. This copy is already mentioned in the 1954 printed catalogue, "The Rosenwald Collection. A Catalogue of Illustrated Books and Manuscripts, of Books from Celebrated Presses, and of Bindings and Maps, 1150-1950. The Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald to The Library of Congress".
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

Last Edit2022-11-14 21:02:51