Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02148149 CW-72 [02148149]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-72

ISTC No.ib00924000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleOpuscula
Imprint[Cologne] : B.D.V. (Bartholomaeus de Unkel) [and Johann Koelhoff, the Elder], 1484[-85]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology
Keywordscollection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148149
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-72
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Physical Description19th century rebinding; quarter-calf over bookcloth, with gold stamped label on spine.
Size of leaves273 × 196 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteText ends at G5, with completion of "Lignum vitae." H1-Q10 missing, beginning with section "Centiloquium"
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1481 - 1600

Areae-gx
Time period1481 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Germany [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageHandwritten table of contents. Written on front endleaf.
Decorative initial capital. Folio 122r.
NoteSections of book marked with vellum strips ending in knotted bulbs extending from the text block.
Date of evidenceLate 15th - 16th century.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding statusRebound
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout; large capitals in red, capital strokes, strokes marking new sections, underlining. (Late 15th - early 16th century)
Manuscript notes16th century manuscript table of contents on front endleaf. No marginal notes or highlighting with the text.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1854 - 1890

Areae-gx
Time period1854 - 1890
Provenance namePriesterseminar Borromaeum Münster, 1854- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOval library stamp on 1r: "Seminarii Clericalis Monasteriensis"
Binding spine with gold stamped labelling. Label text: "S. Bonaveutur. Libri et Tractatus Varii. [Coloniae]. [Barth. De Unckel].
Date of evidencemid-19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note19th century quarter-calf binding, with gold stamped title on spine. 19th century brown paper pastedowns. Binding and stamped spine label very similar to those of https://data.cerl.org/mei/02148263, which also has the "Seminarii Clericalis Monasteriensis" stamp.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions289 × 215 × 50 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1900

Areae-uk
Time period1850 - 1900
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Great Britain, 1850-1900 [Person; Bookseller] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteNote about the rarity of the book in pencil on the front endleaf. In English.
Date of evidencelate 19th century
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; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageWalter Arthur Copinger's Exlibris, dated 1892. Exlibris printed in gold ink with coat of arms and decorative frame. Printed text: "Walter Arthur Copinger. Virtute et Fidelitate. 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. Includes Copinger's 1892 exlibris on front pastedown.
Rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” in upper left corner of front pastedown.
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. Includes Free Library's exlibris: "The Free Library of Philadelphia. The H. Josephine Widener Branch. Gift of P. A. B. Widener, Esq."
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 Edit2023-03-30 17:51:45

All Copies

  02148149

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-72

ISTC No.ib00924000
AuthorBonaventura, S
TitleOpuscula
Imprint[Cologne] : B.D.V. (Bartholomaeus de Unkel) [and Johann Koelhoff, the Elder], 1484[-85]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology
Keywordscollection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148149
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-72
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Physical Description19th century rebinding; quarter-calf over bookcloth, with gold stamped label on spine.
Size of leaves273 × 196 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteText ends at G5, with completion of "Lignum vitae." H1-Q10 missing, beginning with section "Centiloquium"
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1481 - 1600

Areae-gx
Time period1481 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Germany [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDecoration
Manuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageHandwritten table of contents. Written on front endleaf.
Decorative initial capital. Folio 122r.
NoteSections of book marked with vellum strips ending in knotted bulbs extending from the text block.
Date of evidenceLate 15th - 16th century.
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding statusRebound
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteRubrication throughout; large capitals in red, capital strokes, strokes marking new sections, underlining. (Late 15th - early 16th century)
Manuscript notes16th century manuscript table of contents on front endleaf. No marginal notes or highlighting with the text.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1854 - 1890

Areae-gx
Time period1854 - 1890
Provenance namePriesterseminar Borromaeum Münster, 1854- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOval library stamp on 1r: "Seminarii Clericalis Monasteriensis"
Binding spine with gold stamped labelling. Label text: "S. Bonaveutur. Libri et Tractatus Varii. [Coloniae]. [Barth. De Unckel].
Date of evidencemid-19th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding note19th century quarter-calf binding, with gold stamped title on spine. 19th century brown paper pastedowns. Binding and stamped spine label very similar to those of https://data.cerl.org/mei/02148263, which also has the "Seminarii Clericalis Monasteriensis" stamp.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions289 × 215 × 50 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1900

Areae-uk
Time period1850 - 1900
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Great Britain, 1850-1900 [Person; Bookseller] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
NoteNote about the rarity of the book in pencil on the front endleaf. In English.
Date of evidencelate 19th century
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; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageWalter Arthur Copinger's Exlibris, dated 1892. Exlibris printed in gold ink with coat of arms and decorative frame. Printed text: "Walter Arthur Copinger. Virtute et Fidelitate. 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. Includes Copinger's 1892 exlibris on front pastedown.
Rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” in upper left corner of front pastedown.
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. Includes Free Library's exlibris: "The Free Library of Philadelphia. The H. Josephine Widener Branch. Gift of P. A. B. Widener, Esq."
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 Edit2023-03-30 17:51:45