Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149018 CW-151 [02149018]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-151

ISTC No.ip00963000
AuthorPriscianus
TitleOpera. Ed: Benedictus Brognolus
Imprint[Milan : Printer of Servius, 'Commentarius in Vergilium', 1475 (Dominicus de Vespolate), for Boninus Mombritius, after 24 Feb. 1476]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectGrammar
KeywordsEducation; collection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149018
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-151
Size of leaves327 × 217 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1540 - 1601

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1540 - 1601
Provenance nameMedici, Averárdo de, 1518-1601 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Averardo de Medici Cav[alie]re. di Sto Jaco." In brown ink at bottom of 1r. Inscription crossed out. Detail of page.
Full page image of 1r, with inscription.
NoteAverardo de Medici named to the Order of Santiago (Cavaliere di San Jacopo) in about 1570.
Date of evidence1570-1601
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteNo decorations
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1581 - 1657

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1581 - 1657
Provenance nameRicasoli Baroni, Pandolfo, 1581-1657 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOval stamp for Pandolfo Ricasoli. Text of stamp: "Panulphi de Ricasolis. Baronibus Cano Flor"
Date of evidence1620-1640
Method of acquisitionunknown
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1618 - 1810

placenameFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
areae-it
timeperiod1618 - 1810
owner Firenze, Carmelitani Scalzi, S. Paolino, OCD, 1618-1810 (, )
provenanceType1
provenanceImageOval ownership stamp. "Carm. Discal. S. Pauli Flor." Much of the printing on the stamp is blurred.
noteRicasoli gave his library to the Carmelite monastery of St. Paolino di Firenze in 1635. Books were there until monastery suppressed in 1810.
provDate1635-1700
methodofacqb
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1840 - 1880

areae-it
timeperiod1840 - 1880
ownerAnonymous bookseller, Italy, 1840-1880 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageManuscript bookseller's notes in pencil, possibly including prices. Priscianus written as "Prisciani", suggesting an Italian bookseller. Remnants of two dealer's printed descriptions present, but not enough text left to indicate language of dealer.
Mid-19th century binding, with gold stamped spine label and gold tooled design.
provDate1840-1880
bindingNote19th century leather binding with gold tooling on the boards and spine, and gold stamped label on spine. 19th century pastedowns and endleaves.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions343 × 242 × 57 mm
titling
toolingb

provenance 1880 - 1898

placenameManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1880 - 1898
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageCopinger'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.
Rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown.
provDate1892-1898
methodofacqa
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
Stamp
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 Edit2023-05-07 18:18:13

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  02149018

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-151

ISTC No.ip00963000
AuthorPriscianus
TitleOpera. Ed: Benedictus Brognolus
Imprint[Milan : Printer of Servius, 'Commentarius in Vergilium', 1475 (Dominicus de Vespolate), for Boninus Mombritius, after 24 Feb. 1476]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectGrammar
KeywordsEducation; collection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149018
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-151
Size of leaves327 × 217 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1540 - 1601

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1540 - 1601
Provenance nameMedici, Averárdo de, 1518-1601 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Averardo de Medici Cav[alie]re. di Sto Jaco." In brown ink at bottom of 1r. Inscription crossed out. Detail of page.
Full page image of 1r, with inscription.
NoteAverardo de Medici named to the Order of Santiago (Cavaliere di San Jacopo) in about 1570.
Date of evidence1570-1601
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteNo decorations
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1581 - 1657

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1581 - 1657
Provenance nameRicasoli Baroni, Pandolfo, 1581-1657 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOval stamp for Pandolfo Ricasoli. Text of stamp: "Panulphi de Ricasolis. Baronibus Cano Flor"
Date of evidence1620-1640
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1618 - 1810

PlaceFlorence (Geonames ID: 3176959)
Areae-it
Time period1618 - 1810
Provenance name Firenze, Carmelitani Scalzi, S. Paolino, OCD, 1618-1810 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOval ownership stamp. "Carm. Discal. S. Pauli Flor." Much of the printing on the stamp is blurred.
NoteRicasoli gave his library to the Carmelite monastery of St. Paolino di Firenze in 1635. Books were there until monastery suppressed in 1810.
Date of evidence1635-1700
Method of acquisitionDonation
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1840 - 1880

Areae-it
Time period1840 - 1880
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Italy, 1840-1880 [Bookseller] (Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Seller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageManuscript bookseller's notes in pencil, possibly including prices. Priscianus written as "Prisciani", suggesting an Italian bookseller. Remnants of two dealer's printed descriptions present, but not enough text left to indicate language of dealer.
Mid-19th century binding, with gold stamped spine label and gold tooled design.
Date of evidence1840-1880
Binding note19th century leather binding with gold tooling on the boards and spine, and gold stamped label on spine. 19th century pastedowns and endleaves.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions343 × 242 × 57 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold

provenance 1880 - 1898

placenameManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1880 - 1898
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageCopinger'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.
Rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown.
provDate1892-1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
f

provenance 1898 -

placenamePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
ownerFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present (, )
provenanceType1
1
1
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-05-07 18:18:13