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mei/02148307 Inc 3460 [02148307]

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 3460

ISTC No.ic00036000
AuthorCalderinus, Domitius
TitleCommentarii in Martialem. With additions by M. Lucidus Phosphorus. Add: Defensio ad Corelium
ImprintRome : Johannes Gensberg, for Johannes Aloisius Tuscanus, 22 Mar. 1474
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscommentary
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148307
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 3460
NoteRecord created by Elena Fogolin. Revised by John Lancaster.
Physical DescriptionLeaves [a]1 and [b]1 blank wanting. Quire [l] misbound in order: 1-2, 7-8, 5-6, 3-4, 9-10. Sheets [l] 3.6 and 4.7 are folded the other way around.
Size of leaves270 × 192 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteSeveral early reading marks and MS marginal annotations. Later MS foliation on upper right corner of rectos.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 1345

Provenance 1490 - 1521

Areae-it
Time period1490 - 1521
Provenance nameParrasio, Aulo Giano, 1470 - 1521 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1510 - 1531

PlaceNaples (Geonames ID: 3172394)
Areae-it
Time period1510 - 1531
Provenance nameSeripando, Antonio, 1485 - 1531 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteMS ownership inscription below colophon on [I]9v “Antonij Serpa[n]di ex Iani Parrhasij testamento”. Antonio Seripando inherited the library of Aulo Giano Parrasio. His books in turn were bequeathed to his brother Girolamo.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1750 - 1790

PlaceParis (Geonames ID: 2988507)
Areae-fr
Time period1750 - 1790
Provenance nameDerome, Nicolas-Denis, 1731 - 1790 [Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Binding note18th century calf on millboards by Derôme, boards with triple-fillet frame tooled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands. In second panel red leather label gilt-stamped “CALDERINI / COMMENT. / IN / MARTIALEM”, in third dark green leather label “ROMAE / 1474”. The other four panels with rich gilt-tooled decoration. Turn-ins with gilt-tooled decoration. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingPrint Label
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt

Provenance 1791 - 1816

PlaceThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1791 - 1816
Provenance nameWodhull, Michael, 1740 - 1816 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn front flyleaf verso, his autograph and date of acquisition“Nov: 28th 1791”. Wodhull's collection was inherited by Mary Ingram, his wife's youngest sister, then to the Severne family, but remained in his Thenford house until 1886 (The Property of J. E. Severne, Esq. M.P. of Thenbury House, Banbury, Northamptonshire, London, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11-21 Jan. 1886, lot 564).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1826 - 1899

PlaceThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
Areae-uk
Time period1826 - 1899
Provenance nameSeverne, John Edmund , 1826 - 1899 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteWodhull's library was bequeathed in 1816 to his sister-in-law, Mary Ingram, who left it in 1824 to Samuel Amy Severne; it last belonged to J. E. Severne, M.P., who sold it by auction in 1886 (Sotheby's).
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1886 - 1886

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1886 - 1886
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteQuaritch is recorded as the purchaser at the Wodhull-Severne sale; he was acting for Hunnewell, as recorded in Hunnewell's annotations to his 1873 printed list. An annotated copy of the sale catalogue records the price paid as £1/10/0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1.10.0 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1886 - 1919

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1886 - 1919
Provenance nameHunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Hunnewell, James Melville, 1879 - 1954 [Person; Donor] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteJames Frothingham Hunnewell's bookplate on front pastedown. His annotations in a copy of his 1873 printed list are: "[£]1/13/0 @ 5.37 bot for me by B.Q" [that is, an exchange rate of $5.37 to the pound] and "Mch 12/[18]86 [$]8.87". Hunnewell paid a 10% commission to Quaritch.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price8.87 U.S. dollars The price calculated by Hunnewell, at $5.37 to the pound; Quaritch charged £1/13/0, or a 10% commission.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1919 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1919 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteDeposited in Harvard College Library by James Melville Hunnewell (Class of 1901) January, 1919.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-08-24 17:17:15

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  02148307

Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US) : Inc 3460

ISTC No.ic00036000
AuthorCalderinus, Domitius
TitleCommentarii in Martialem. With additions by M. Lucidus Phosphorus. Add: Defensio ad Corelium
ImprintRome : Johannes Gensberg, for Johannes Aloisius Tuscanus, 22 Mar. 1474
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscommentary
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02148307
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkInc 3460
NoteRecord created by Elena Fogolin. Revised by John Lancaster.
Physical DescriptionLeaves [a]1 and [b]1 blank wanting. Quire [l] misbound in order: 1-2, 7-8, 5-6, 3-4, 9-10. Sheets [l] 3.6 and 4.7 are folded the other way around.
Size of leaves270 × 192 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteSeveral early reading marks and MS marginal annotations. Later MS foliation on upper right corner of rectos.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 1345

Provenance 1490 - 1521

Areae-it
Time period1490 - 1521
Provenance nameParrasio, Aulo Giano, 1470 - 1521 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1510 - 1531

PlaceNaples (Geonames ID: 3172394)
Areae-it
Time period1510 - 1531
Provenance nameSeripando, Antonio, 1485 - 1531 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteMS ownership inscription below colophon on [I]9v “Antonij Serpa[n]di ex Iani Parrhasij testamento”. Antonio Seripando inherited the library of Aulo Giano Parrasio. His books in turn were bequeathed to his brother Girolamo.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1750 - 1790

PlaceParis (Geonames ID: 2988507)
Areae-fr
Time period1750 - 1790
Provenance nameDerome, Nicolas-Denis, 1731 - 1790 [Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Binding note18th century calf on millboards by Derôme, boards with triple-fillet frame tooled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands. In second panel red leather label gilt-stamped “CALDERINI / COMMENT. / IN / MARTIALEM”, in third dark green leather label “ROMAE / 1474”. The other four panels with rich gilt-tooled decoration. Turn-ins with gilt-tooled decoration. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingPrint Label
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt

Provenance 1791 - 1816

PlaceThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1791 - 1816
Provenance nameWodhull, Michael, 1740 - 1816 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteOn front flyleaf verso, his autograph and date of acquisition“Nov: 28th 1791”. Wodhull's collection was inherited by Mary Ingram, his wife's youngest sister, then to the Severne family, but remained in his Thenford house until 1886 (The Property of J. E. Severne, Esq. M.P. of Thenbury House, Banbury, Northamptonshire, London, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11-21 Jan. 1886, lot 564).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1826 - 1899

PlaceThenford (Geonames ID: 7296731)
Areae-uk
Time period1826 - 1899
Provenance nameSeverne, John Edmund , 1826 - 1899 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteWodhull's library was bequeathed in 1816 to his sister-in-law, Mary Ingram, who left it in 1824 to Samuel Amy Severne; it last belonged to J. E. Severne, M.P., who sold it by auction in 1886 (Sotheby's).
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1886 - 1886

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1886 - 1886
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819 - 1899 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteQuaritch is recorded as the purchaser at the Wodhull-Severne sale; he was acting for Hunnewell, as recorded in Hunnewell's annotations to his 1873 printed list. An annotated copy of the sale catalogue records the price paid as £1/10/0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1.10.0 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1886 - 1919

PlaceBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1886 - 1919
Provenance nameHunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Hunnewell, James Melville, 1879 - 1954 [Person; Donor] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteJames Frothingham Hunnewell's bookplate on front pastedown. His annotations in a copy of his 1873 printed list are: "[£]1/13/0 @ 5.37 bot for me by B.Q" [that is, an exchange rate of $5.37 to the pound] and "Mch 12/[18]86 [$]8.87". Hunnewell paid a 10% commission to Quaritch.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price8.87 U.S. dollars The price calculated by Hunnewell, at $5.37 to the pound; Quaritch charged £1/13/0, or a 10% commission.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1919 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
Arean-us-ma
Time period1919 -
Provenance nameHarvard College Library, 1636- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (University, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteDeposited in Harvard College Library by James Melville Hunnewell (Class of 1901) January, 1919.
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-08-24 17:17:15