Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02147508 Incun. 1478 .L25 Thacher Coll copy 2 [02147508]

Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, John Boyd Thacher Collection (US) : Incun. 1478 .L25 Thacher Coll copy 2

ISTC No.ip00381000
AuthorPetrarca, Francesco
TitleTrionfi (comm: Bernardo Lapini da Siena) e Canzoniere (comm: Franciscus Philelphus)
ImprintVenice : Reynaldus de Novimagio and Theodorus de Reynsburch, 1478
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsCommentary; Poetry; Collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02147508
Holding InstitutionWashington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, John Boyd Thacher Collection (US)
CollectionJohn Boyd Thacher Collection
ShelfmarkIncun. 1478 .L25 Thacher Coll copy 2
NoteThacher 297
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Size of leaves296 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteContains Part I, dated 6 Feb. 1478 only (Trionfi only, see ISTC). Wanting f. a1 (blank). Quires cc-dd have slightly narrower outer margins, however the marginal notes are consistent with the rest of the volume.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceFrederick W. Ashley. Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1915. 297.

Provenance 1478 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1478 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1451 - 1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Anonymous, Italy, 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesEarly annotations in at least 3 distinct hands.
The earliest, late 15c, provides several brief Latin summary notes and names of people mentioned in the text throughout the volume.
Another, also Italic and slightly later, provides sparse corrections of the printed text, more manicules, summaries of the text and historical context. It is possibly this hand that provides the 3 missing verses on aa2r.
A more cursive hand, 16/17c? first appears on d7v, and provides brief comments and summaries in Italian.
Between bb6v-cc5v, erased ms notes on the lower margin seem to corrspond with symbols drawn in the lower margins of the corresponding verso leaves.
Manicules in several hands present throughout the volume, some extremely simple.
On f3v, 2 verses ('Stancho riposo et riposato affanno | Et gradi ove piu scende chi piu sale") have been circled and crossed out by an early reader.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CensorshipYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

Areae-uk-en
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteQuarter reddish-brown leather with orange-red buckram cloth over boards. Spine divided into 6 compartments, title "PETRARCA TRIONFI" in gilt in second compartment, remaining compartments decorated with small gilt fleurons and simple triple fillets in blind, imprint "VEN. 1478" in gilt at foot of spine. Grey and white combed marbled paper pastedowns.
Both the front and back pastedowns have a watermark of a posthorn within a shield surmounted by a crown, similar to ones made in England in the 18-19c.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1847 - 1909

PlaceAlbany (Geonames ID: 5106834)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1847 - 1909
Provenance nameThacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteArmorial exlibris of John Boyd Thacher with the motto "CEDANT ARMA TOGAE CONCEDAT LAUREA LINGUAE" at the centre of the upper pastedown.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1910 -

PlaceWashington (Geonames ID: 4140963)
Arean-us-dc
Time period1910 -
Provenance nameWashington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1800- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteThacher collection number 297 on a printed label at the foot of the spine. This corresponds to the entry number in vol. 1 of the 1915 printed catalogue of the Thacher Collection, published by the Library of Congress. The Thacher collection arrived at the Library of Congress over the course of the 1910s-1920s.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2022-11-29 20:49:01

All Copies

  02147508

Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, John Boyd Thacher Collection (US) : Incun. 1478 .L25 Thacher Coll copy 2

ISTC No.ip00381000
AuthorPetrarca, Francesco
TitleTrionfi (comm: Bernardo Lapini da Siena) e Canzoniere (comm: Franciscus Philelphus)
ImprintVenice : Reynaldus de Novimagio and Theodorus de Reynsburch, 1478
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsCommentary; Poetry; Collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02147508
Holding InstitutionWashington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, John Boyd Thacher Collection (US)
CollectionJohn Boyd Thacher Collection
ShelfmarkIncun. 1478 .L25 Thacher Coll copy 2
NoteThacher 297
NoteRecord created by Martyna Grzesiak.
Size of leaves296 × 200 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteContains Part I, dated 6 Feb. 1478 only (Trionfi only, see ISTC). Wanting f. a1 (blank). Quires cc-dd have slightly narrower outer margins, however the marginal notes are consistent with the rest of the volume.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceFrederick W. Ashley. Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1915. 297.

Provenance 1478 - 1500

Areae-it
Time period1478 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1451 - 1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Anonymous, Italy, 1501-1600 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesEarly annotations in at least 3 distinct hands.
The earliest, late 15c, provides several brief Latin summary notes and names of people mentioned in the text throughout the volume.
Another, also Italic and slightly later, provides sparse corrections of the printed text, more manicules, summaries of the text and historical context. It is possibly this hand that provides the 3 missing verses on aa2r.
A more cursive hand, 16/17c? first appears on d7v, and provides brief comments and summaries in Italian.
Between bb6v-cc5v, erased ms notes on the lower margin seem to corrspond with symbols drawn in the lower margins of the corresponding verso leaves.
Manicules in several hands present throughout the volume, some extremely simple.
On f3v, 2 verses ('Stancho riposo et riposato affanno | Et gradi ove piu scende chi piu sale") have been circled and crossed out by an early reader.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CorrectionsYes
CompletionsYes
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CensorshipYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

Areae-uk-en
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding noteQuarter reddish-brown leather with orange-red buckram cloth over boards. Spine divided into 6 compartments, title "PETRARCA TRIONFI" in gilt in second compartment, remaining compartments decorated with small gilt fleurons and simple triple fillets in blind, imprint "VEN. 1478" in gilt at foot of spine. Grey and white combed marbled paper pastedowns.
Both the front and back pastedowns have a watermark of a posthorn within a shield surmounted by a crown, similar to ones made in England in the 18-19c.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1847 - 1909

PlaceAlbany (Geonames ID: 5106834)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1847 - 1909
Provenance nameThacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteArmorial exlibris of John Boyd Thacher with the motto "CEDANT ARMA TOGAE CONCEDAT LAUREA LINGUAE" at the centre of the upper pastedown.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1910 -

PlaceWashington (Geonames ID: 4140963)
Arean-us-dc
Time period1910 -
Provenance nameWashington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1800- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeShelfmark
NoteThacher collection number 297 on a printed label at the foot of the spine. This corresponds to the entry number in vol. 1 of the 1915 printed catalogue of the Thacher Collection, published by the Library of Congress. The Thacher collection arrived at the Library of Congress over the course of the 1910s-1920s.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2022-11-29 20:49:01