Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149741 CW-362 [02149741]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-362

ISTC No.id00260000
AuthorDioscorides
TitleDe materia medica [Greek]. Add: Pseudo- Dioscorides: De venenis, De venenatis animalibus [Greek]; Nicander: Theriaca; Alexipharmaca; Scholia [Greek]
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, post 8 July 1499
Formatf°
Languagegrc
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordsphilosophy-natural; pharmacopoeia; recipes; plants; animals; minerals; poisons; collection; education
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149741
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-362
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy
Size of leaves303 × 196 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteDioscorides text complete, but missing last 49 leaves containing Nicander and the other supplemental texts.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1734 - 1800

PlaceGöttingen (Geonames ID: 2918632)
Areae-gx
Time period1734 - 1800
Provenance nameGöttingen, Universitätsbibliothek , 1734 - [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOwnership stamp and deaccession stamp. On title page. Stamp 1: "EX BIBLIOTHECA ACAD. GEORGIAE AUGUSTAE". Stamp 2: "DUPL BIBL. GOTT VEND"
NoteThere is also an unreadable crossed out inscription at the top right corner of the front endleaf.
Date of evidence1750-1800
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1840

Time period1800 - 1840
Provenance nameMitford, John (1781-1859), 1781 - 1859 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Academy, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription "J Mitford 1804" On top of front endleaf.
NotePage with inscription includes notes about the book in ink, possibly by Mitford or a contemporary bookseller.
Date of evidence1804
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1810 - 1843

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1810 - 1843
Provenance nameAugustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 1773 - 1843 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Royalty)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageEx-Libris of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. On front pastedown. Includes shelf location in ink: "VI R.e.13" and notation in pencil " Duplicate of Duke of Sussex Collection."
NoteListed in part IV of the sale catalogue "Bibliotheca Sussexiana. Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of... the Late Duke of Sussex.." (1845), #897. Description notes the absence of the Nicander.
Date of evidence1830-1843
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1845 - 1873

placenameSpelsbury (Geonames ID: 2637239)
areae-uk
timeperiod1845 - 1873
ownerWilliams, John, 1799-1873 (, )
provenanceType1
provenanceImageEx-Libris on front pastedown. Handwritten in ink on lower part of ex-libris: "Rev. J. Williams M.A. Bryntirion.
provDate1850-1870
methodofacqa

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, placed on front endleaf. 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
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
Bound in to the book is an undated, unsigned handwritten note describing the significance of the work. Reference in the note to the copy at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
bindingNoteEarly 20th century light brown leather binding with blind tooled designs and gold-stamped label on spine.
bindingDatex
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions309 × 208 × 31 mm
Titling
ToolingBlind and gold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-09-01 18:25:45

All Copies

  02149741

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-362

ISTC No.id00260000
AuthorDioscorides
TitleDe materia medica [Greek]. Add: Pseudo- Dioscorides: De venenis, De venenatis animalibus [Greek]; Nicander: Theriaca; Alexipharmaca; Scholia [Greek]
ImprintVenice : Aldus Manutius, Romanus, post 8 July 1499
Formatf°
Languagegrc
full ISTC record
SubjectMedicine
Keywordsphilosophy-natural; pharmacopoeia; recipes; plants; animals; minerals; poisons; collection; education
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149741
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-362
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy
Size of leaves303 × 196 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteDioscorides text complete, but missing last 49 leaves containing Nicander and the other supplemental texts.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1734 - 1800

PlaceGöttingen (Geonames ID: 2918632)
Areae-gx
Time period1734 - 1800
Provenance nameGöttingen, Universitätsbibliothek , 1734 - [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Link to Provenance ImageOwnership stamp and deaccession stamp. On title page. Stamp 1: "EX BIBLIOTHECA ACAD. GEORGIAE AUGUSTAE". Stamp 2: "DUPL BIBL. GOTT VEND"
NoteThere is also an unreadable crossed out inscription at the top right corner of the front endleaf.
Date of evidence1750-1800
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1800 - 1840

Time period1800 - 1840
Provenance nameMitford, John (1781-1859), 1781 - 1859 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Academy, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription "J Mitford 1804" On top of front endleaf.
NotePage with inscription includes notes about the book in ink, possibly by Mitford or a contemporary bookseller.
Date of evidence1804
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1810 - 1843

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1810 - 1843
Provenance nameAugustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 1773 - 1843 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, Royalty)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageEx-Libris of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. On front pastedown. Includes shelf location in ink: "VI R.e.13" and notation in pencil " Duplicate of Duke of Sussex Collection."
NoteListed in part IV of the sale catalogue "Bibliotheca Sussexiana. Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of... the Late Duke of Sussex.." (1845), #897. Description notes the absence of the Nicander.
Date of evidence1830-1843
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1845 - 1873

placenameSpelsbury (Geonames ID: 2637239)
areae-uk
timeperiod1845 - 1873
ownerWilliams, John, 1799-1873 (, )
provenanceType1
provenanceImageEx-Libris on front pastedown. Handwritten in ink on lower part of ex-libris: "Rev. J. Williams M.A. Bryntirion.
provDate1850-1870
methodofacqa

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, placed on front endleaf. 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
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.
Bound in to the book is an undated, unsigned handwritten note describing the significance of the work. Reference in the note to the copy at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteEarly 20th century light brown leather binding with blind tooled designs and gold-stamped label on spine.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions309 × 208 × 31 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind and gold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-09-01 18:25:45