Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149743 CW-361 [02149743]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-361

ISTC No.is00382000
AuthorSeneca, Lucius Annaeus
TitleEpistolae ad Lucilium [Italian] Pistole del moralissimo Seneca. Tr: Sebastiano Manilio
ImprintVenice : Sebastiano Manilio, and Stephanus and Bernardinus di Nallis, 14 Apr. 1494
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy-Ethics
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149743
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-361
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical DescriptionContemporary Italian binding that was repaired during the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. At the time of the repair the spine was replaced and marbled endleaves were inserted. Extensive staining from water damage.
Size of leaves318 × 212 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1494 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1494 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1488-1550 [Person; Binder] (Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of binding. With blind-tooling and bosses. Possibly from Venice.
Date of evidence1494-1550
Binding noteContemporary Italian goatskin binding with blind tooled designs and bosses in corners (3 present on front & 3 on back). Scars where clasps were attached. No labels. Spine replaced during repairs made in late 18th-early 19th century, and endleaves replaced with marbled paper.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions330 × 225 × 41 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184966
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes

Provenance 1600 - 1750

Areae-it
Time period1600 - 1750
Provenance nameMaggi, Antonio, 1600-1750 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Ad uso del Prete Antonio Maggi" Handwritten on title page
Date of evidence1600-1750
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1896

PlaceRóma
Areae-it
Time period1850 - 1896
Provenance nameVincenzo Marini, XIX s. [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, Aristocracy) Attorney in Rome in the late 19th century. Exlibris in use by 1880, and library sold in 1896, according to Jacopo Gelli in his "3500 ex libris italiani," 1908.
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageExlibris of Vincenzo Marini. On front pastedown, partially torn. Image of boat being blown by the wind and banner "Vincentius Marini"
Front inside cover showing Marini's exlibris. Raw wood, rather than pastedown. Also shows exlibris of Walter Arthur Copinger and the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Date of evidence1880-1896
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
Link to Provenance ImageCopinger'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.
Date of evidence1892-1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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 Edit2023-09-07 16:11:04

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  02149743

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-361

ISTC No.is00382000
AuthorSeneca, Lucius Annaeus
TitleEpistolae ad Lucilium [Italian] Pistole del moralissimo Seneca. Tr: Sebastiano Manilio
ImprintVenice : Sebastiano Manilio, and Stephanus and Bernardinus di Nallis, 14 Apr. 1494
Formatf°
Languageita
full ISTC record
SubjectPhilosophy-Ethics
Keywordstranslation
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149743
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-361
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical DescriptionContemporary Italian binding that was repaired during the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. At the time of the repair the spine was replaced and marbled endleaves were inserted. Extensive staining from water damage.
Size of leaves318 × 212 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1494 - 1550

Areae-it
Time period1494 - 1550
Provenance nameAnonymous binder, Italy, 1488-1550 [Person; Binder] (Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of binding. With blind-tooling and bosses. Possibly from Venice.
Date of evidence1494-1550
Binding noteContemporary Italian goatskin binding with blind tooled designs and bosses in corners (3 present on front & 3 on back). Scars where clasps were attached. No labels. Spine replaced during repairs made in late 18th-early 19th century, and endleaves replaced with marbled paper.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions330 × 225 × 41 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184966
TitlingNone
ToolingBlind
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes

Provenance 1600 - 1750

Areae-it
Time period1600 - 1750
Provenance nameMaggi, Antonio, 1600-1750 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Ad uso del Prete Antonio Maggi" Handwritten on title page
Date of evidence1600-1750
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1896

PlaceRóma
Areae-it
Time period1850 - 1896
Provenance nameVincenzo Marini, XIX s. [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, Aristocracy) Attorney in Rome in the late 19th century. Exlibris in use by 1880, and library sold in 1896, according to Jacopo Gelli in his "3500 ex libris italiani," 1908.
Provenance TypeExlibris
Link to Provenance ImageExlibris of Vincenzo Marini. On front pastedown, partially torn. Image of boat being blown by the wind and banner "Vincentius Marini"
Front inside cover showing Marini's exlibris. Raw wood, rather than pastedown. Also shows exlibris of Walter Arthur Copinger and the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Date of evidence1880-1896
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
Link to Provenance ImageCopinger'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.
Date of evidence1892-1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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 Edit2023-09-07 16:11:04