Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02147319 Inc B863 [02147319]

Williams College Library (US) : Inc B863

ISTC No.ib00970000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleDe triplici via. Add: Pseudo- Methodius: Revelationes. Bonaventura: De praeparatione ad missam
Imprint[Cologne : Ulrich Zel, before 18 Sept. 1477]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Speculative
Keywordsmystical works; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02147319
Holding InstitutionWilliams College Library (US)
CollectionChapin Library
ShelfmarkInc B863
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, with additional Dunn information from William Stoneman.
Copy HistoryPencil note at lower left of front pastedown: "A46"; not identifiable with any provenance. Pencil price code at lower left of rear pastedown: "R/T/ "; in a different hand, above and to the right: "L" with double underline, followed by what may be "j"; not identifiable with any provenance. [Late 19th-early 20th century]
Size of leaves204 × 143 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1477 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance nameanonymous rubricator, Germany, 1477-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
anonymous annotator, Germany, 1477-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlining added in red. In the second work (Pseudo-Methodius), each page is outlined in red, close to the outer margin. On leaf 6/5v, there is set-off of red initials added to a different work (9 instances of capital Q in the margin). (15th century)
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal annotations and underlining.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-uk-en
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, England, 1850-1875 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteModern parchment; title stamped in gold on front cover. Red parchment index tabs, from an earlier binding.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions207 × 154 × 24 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1899 - 1912

PlaceWoolley Green (Berkshire) (Geonames ID: 2655856)
Areae-uk
Time period1899 - 1912
Provenance nameDunn, George, 1865-1912 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
NoteDunn's booklabel (added for the posthumous sale) on front pastedown; his pencil notes on front free endleaf 1r, including date of acquisition "June 1899" and price code "χλ". Lot 865 in part 2 of the Sotheby London sale of his library, February 1914. F. Jenkinson, A list of the incunabula collected by George Dunn arranged to illustrate the history of printing (1923), no. 129.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1914 - 1921

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1914 - 1921
Provenance nameLondon, J. & J. Leighton, 1819 - 1937 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteLeighton is recorded as the purchaser at the Dunn sale, for £3.10s. Lot 4027 in the 5th part of the Leighton stock sale, Sotheby London, November 1921.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price3.10.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1921 - 1921

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk-en
Time period1921 - 1921
Provenance nameP. J. & A. E. Dobell <Booksellers>, 1914 - 1946 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteDobell is recorded as the purchaser at the Leighton stock sale, for £7/5/0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price7.5.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1921 - 1921

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1921 - 1921
Provenance nameJames F. Drake, Inc., 1911-1965 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded in Drake's bills at the Leighton sale price, £7/5/0. Sold to Alfred Clark Chapin, 21 December 1921.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1921 - 1923

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1921 - 1923
Provenance nameChapin, Alfred Clark, 1848-1936 [Person; Donor] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased from Drake, 21 December 1921, for $34.75.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price34.75 U.S. dollars
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1923 -

PlaceWilliamstown, MA (Geonames ID: 4955786)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1923 -
Provenance nameWilliamstown MA, Williams College, 1793- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteThe gift of Alfred Clark Chapin at the founding of the Chapin Library at Williams College, February 1923. Bookplate of the Chapin Library.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-04-27 01:50:33

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  02147319

Williams College Library (US) : Inc B863

ISTC No.ib00970000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleDe triplici via. Add: Pseudo- Methodius: Revelationes. Bonaventura: De praeparatione ad missam
Imprint[Cologne : Ulrich Zel, before 18 Sept. 1477]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Speculative
Keywordsmystical works; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02147319
Holding InstitutionWilliams College Library (US)
CollectionChapin Library
ShelfmarkInc B863
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster, with additional Dunn information from William Stoneman.
Copy HistoryPencil note at lower left of front pastedown: "A46"; not identifiable with any provenance. Pencil price code at lower left of rear pastedown: "R/T/ "; in a different hand, above and to the right: "L" with double underline, followed by what may be "j"; not identifiable with any provenance. [Late 19th-early 20th century]
Size of leaves204 × 143 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1477 - 1500

Areae-gx
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance nameanonymous rubricator, Germany, 1477-1500 [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
anonymous annotator, Germany, 1477-1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteInitials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlining added in red. In the second work (Pseudo-Methodius), each page is outlined in red, close to the outer margin. On leaf 6/5v, there is set-off of red initials added to a different work (9 instances of capital Q in the margin). (15th century)
Manuscript notesOccasional marginal annotations and underlining.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-uk-en
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, England, 1850-1875 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteModern parchment; title stamped in gold on front cover. Red parchment index tabs, from an earlier binding.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions207 × 154 × 24 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1899 - 1912

PlaceWoolley Green (Berkshire) (Geonames ID: 2655856)
Areae-uk
Time period1899 - 1912
Provenance nameDunn, George, 1865-1912 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Manuscript Notes
NoteDunn's booklabel (added for the posthumous sale) on front pastedown; his pencil notes on front free endleaf 1r, including date of acquisition "June 1899" and price code "χλ". Lot 865 in part 2 of the Sotheby London sale of his library, February 1914. F. Jenkinson, A list of the incunabula collected by George Dunn arranged to illustrate the history of printing (1923), no. 129.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1914 - 1921

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1914 - 1921
Provenance nameLondon, J. & J. Leighton, 1819 - 1937 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteLeighton is recorded as the purchaser at the Dunn sale, for £3.10s. Lot 4027 in the 5th part of the Leighton stock sale, Sotheby London, November 1921.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price3.10.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1921 - 1921

PlaceLondon
Areae-uk-en
Time period1921 - 1921
Provenance nameP. J. & A. E. Dobell <Booksellers>, 1914 - 1946 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteDobell is recorded as the purchaser at the Leighton stock sale, for £7/5/0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price7.5.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1921 - 1921

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1921 - 1921
Provenance nameJames F. Drake, Inc., 1911-1965 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteRecorded in Drake's bills at the Leighton sale price, £7/5/0. Sold to Alfred Clark Chapin, 21 December 1921.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1921 - 1923

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1921 - 1923
Provenance nameChapin, Alfred Clark, 1848-1936 [Person; Donor] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePurchased from Drake, 21 December 1921, for $34.75.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price34.75 U.S. dollars
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1923 -

PlaceWilliamstown, MA (Geonames ID: 4955786)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1923 -
Provenance nameWilliamstown MA, Williams College, 1793- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Documentary Evidence
NoteThe gift of Alfred Clark Chapin at the founding of the Chapin Library at Williams College, February 1923. Bookplate of the Chapin Library.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-04-27 01:50:33