Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02148257 CW-282 [02148257]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-282

ISTC No.id00250000
AuthorDionysius Halicarnaseus
TitleAntiquitates Romanae. Tr: Lampugninus Biragus
ImprintTreviso : Bernardinus Celerius, 24 or 25 Feb. 1480
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148257
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-282
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves295 × 201 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteCopy contains alternate colophon identified by GW. Last 2 lines read "Anno chr. Nati. Icccclxxx Bisesto kl. Martii Venetoϗ Sactissimoϗ Duce Ioanne Mocenigo."
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1480 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1480 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous Italian Owner 1475-1550, 1475-1550 [Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Link to Provenance ImageContemporary Italian binding
Date of evidence1500-1600
Binding noteLate 15th - early 16th century Italian binding with blind tooling. Binding underwent significant repairs in the mid-20th century, at which time the spine was replaced, the leather covers were attached to new boards, and pastedowns were replaced.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions305 × 213 × 65 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184733
ToolingBlind
Rubrication noteNo rubrication or ornamental letters.
Manuscript notesA small number of marginal notes
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance nameSpera, Pietro, 17th century [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription "Di Pietro Spera[?]" On front endleaf.
NotePossibly Pietro Angelo Spera, author of "Petri Angeli Sperae Pomaricani, Academici Otiosi De nobilitate professorum grammaticae & humanitatis vtriusque linguae libri quinque. ." 1641
Date of evidence17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceBergamo (Geonames ID: 3182164)
Areae-it
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameTerzi, Antonio, 1801-1900 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageBiblioteca Terzi exlibris
NoteTwo exlibrii: 1) Coat of arms with location information; 2) "Biblioteca Terzi" with location information. Book was part of the 1861 sale in Paris: "Catalogue des livres rares et précieux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Marquis De Terzi de Bergame," item 1412. Entry includes note: "Exemplaire d'une conservation parfaite."
Date of evidencemid-18th - early 19th century
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
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.
Copinger's exlibris not in book, but there is a small printed label on the front pastedown: "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 Edit2023-03-30 18:20:48

All Copies

  02148257

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-282

ISTC No.id00250000
AuthorDionysius Halicarnaseus
TitleAntiquitates Romanae. Tr: Lampugninus Biragus
ImprintTreviso : Bernardinus Celerius, 24 or 25 Feb. 1480
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148257
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-282
NoteCreated by E. Pumroy
Size of leaves295 × 201 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteCopy contains alternate colophon identified by GW. Last 2 lines read "Anno chr. Nati. Icccclxxx Bisesto kl. Martii Venetoϗ Sactissimoϗ Duce Ioanne Mocenigo."
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1480 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1480 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous Italian Owner 1475-1550, 1475-1550 [Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Link to Provenance ImageContemporary Italian binding
Date of evidence1500-1600
Binding noteLate 15th - early 16th century Italian binding with blind tooling. Binding underwent significant repairs in the mid-20th century, at which time the spine was replaced, the leather covers were attached to new boards, and pastedowns were replaced.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions305 × 213 × 65 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184733
ToolingBlind
Rubrication noteNo rubrication or ornamental letters.
Manuscript notesA small number of marginal notes
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookFirst few pages
Extraction of keywordsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1700

Areae-it
Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance nameSpera, Pietro, 17th century [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription "Di Pietro Spera[?]" On front endleaf.
NotePossibly Pietro Angelo Spera, author of "Petri Angeli Sperae Pomaricani, Academici Otiosi De nobilitate professorum grammaticae & humanitatis vtriusque linguae libri quinque. ." 1641
Date of evidence17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1801 - 1900

PlaceBergamo (Geonames ID: 3182164)
Areae-it
Time period1801 - 1900
Provenance nameTerzi, Antonio, 1801-1900 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageBiblioteca Terzi exlibris
NoteTwo exlibrii: 1) Coat of arms with location information; 2) "Biblioteca Terzi" with location information. Book was part of the 1861 sale in Paris: "Catalogue des livres rares et précieux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Marquis De Terzi de Bergame," item 1412. Entry includes note: "Exemplaire d'une conservation parfaite."
Date of evidencemid-18th - early 19th century
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
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.
Copinger's exlibris not in book, but there is a small printed label on the front pastedown: "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 Edit2023-03-30 18:20:48