Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
: CW-340b
ISTC No.is00378000
AuthorSeneca, Lucius Annaeus
TitleEpistolae ad Lucilium
ImprintRome : Arnoldus Pannartz, 1 Feb. 1475
Format4°
Languagelat
SubjectPhilosophy-Ethics
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02149782
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener
ShelfmarkCW-340b
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description20th century leather binding with modern pastedowns and endleaves. Gold-stamped label on spine, incorrectly labelled "Carcano. Sermontarium de Poenitentia, Venice 1487"
Size of leaves271 × 190 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteIncludes register.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1550 -
1650
Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1650 (Dates uncertain)
Provenance TypeInscription
Manuscript Notes
Date of evidence1550-1650
Binding noteHandwritten label across the bottom edge.
Writing on edgesAlong
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesSmall number of manicules and brackets highlighting text.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1816 -
1816
Areae-it
Time period1816 - 1816
Provenance TypeInscription
Date of evidence1816
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1816 -
1863
Areae-it
Time period1816 - 1863
Provenance TypeInscription
Exlibris
Link to Provenance ImageOval exlibris with floral border and text ""Ex Bibliotheca de Cardenas." On front pastedown. See Jacopo Gelli: "3500 Ex Libris Italiani", Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1930. p.104-105. Oval bookplate with this text began to be used in 1770. Owned by Giuseppe de Cardenas, originally from Valenza, resident of Torino. Library dispersed in 1880.
NoteSee Jacopo Gelli: "3500 Ex Libris Italiani", Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1930. p.104-105. Oval bookplate with this text began to be used in 1770. Owned by Giuseppe de Cardenas, originally from Valenza, resident of Torino. Library dispersed in 1880. Book donated by Joannes Franciscus Majoli in 1816.
Date of evidence1816-1880
Method of acquisitionDonation
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 TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBook not included in the list of Copinger's books in his "Handlist of a Collection of Incunabula" (1898), but he refers to it in the introduction to the work, suggesting that he acquired it shortly before the book went to press.
Includes rectangular white printed label “From the Library of Walter Arthur Copinger” attached to upper left corner of front pastedown, attached by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Date of evidence1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1898 -
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us
Time period1898 -
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
Binding note20th century red leather binding with gold stamped label on spine. Spine incorrectly labelled "Carcano. Sermontarium de Poenitentia", Venice 1487"
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions280 × 205 × 51 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2023-09-11 14:52:26