Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02149851 88444 [02149851]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 88444

ISTC No.ii00036090
TitleImitatio Christi [Catalan] Imitació de Jesu Crist. Tr: Miguel Perez
ImprintValencia : [Nicolaus Spindeler for Jaume de Vila?], 16 Feb. 1491
Format4°
Languagecat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-devotional
Keywordstranslation
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149851
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark88444
NoteRecord created by Isabel Hernandez Gomez de Caso.
Size of leaves189 × 130 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteWanting o6 (blank). a1.8 in facsimile. Some cropping of headlines.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1491 - 1600

PlaceSpain (Geonames ID: 2510769)
Areae-sp
Time period1491 - 1600
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesMS. marginal notes, mostly faded or washed and unreadable; sometimes indicating chapter numbers; likely 16th.-century Spanish hand. A few reading marks and pen trials.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1920

Areae-sp
Time period1900 - 1920
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note20th-century-Spanish (?) green morocco. Spine with five supports; in second compartment, gold-tooled: "IMITATIO"; at the bottom: "VALENCIA | 1491". Gold fillets and two small fleurons on turn-ins. All edges gilt.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions192 × 130 × 23 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1920 - 1926

Areae-gx
Time period1920 - 1926 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
Provenance nameVollbehr, Otto H. F. (Heinrich Friedrich), 1869-1946 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Documentary Evidence
NoteDate of acquisition unknown. Vollbehr's stock number '15511' in pencil on first front flyleaf recto, top right corner. Recorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Vollbehr in February, 1926 (Huntington Library online record).
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1926 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1926 - 1927
Provenance nameHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteRecorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Vollbehr in February, 1926 (part of a lot of c. 2000 incunables). See J.A. Dane, "Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books", p. 160 with further bibliography, and Huntington online record.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2023-09-21 19:05:15

All Copies

  02149851

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 88444

ISTC No.ii00036090
TitleImitatio Christi [Catalan] Imitació de Jesu Crist. Tr: Miguel Perez
ImprintValencia : [Nicolaus Spindeler for Jaume de Vila?], 16 Feb. 1491
Format4°
Languagecat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature-devotional
Keywordstranslation
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02149851
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark88444
NoteRecord created by Isabel Hernandez Gomez de Caso.
Size of leaves189 × 130 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteWanting o6 (blank). a1.8 in facsimile. Some cropping of headlines.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1491 - 1600

PlaceSpain (Geonames ID: 2510769)
Areae-sp
Time period1491 - 1600
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesMS. marginal notes, mostly faded or washed and unreadable; sometimes indicating chapter numbers; likely 16th.-century Spanish hand. A few reading marks and pen trials.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Structuring the textYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1900 - 1920

areae-sp
timeperiod1900 - 1920
provenanceType1
bindingNote20th-century-Spanish (?) green morocco. Spine with five supports; in second compartment, gold-tooled: "IMITATIO"; at the bottom: "VALENCIA | 1491". Gold fillets and two small fleurons on turn-ins. All edges gilt.
bindingDatex
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions192 × 130 × 23 mm
titling
toolingb
edgesa
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
certaintyb
psourcea

provenance 1920 - 1926

areae-gx
timeperiod1920 - 1926 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
ownerVollbehr, Otto H. F. (Heinrich Friedrich), 1869-1946 (, )
provenanceType1
1
noteDate of acquisition unknown. Vollbehr's stock number '15511' in pencil on first front flyleaf recto, top right corner. Recorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Vollbehr in February, 1926 (Huntington Library online record).
methodofacqx
certaintya
psourcea
c

provenance 1926 - 1927

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1926 - 1927
ownerHuntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927 (, )
provenanceType1
noteRecorded as acquired by Henry E. Huntington from Vollbehr in February, 1926 (part of a lot of c. 2000 incunables). See J.A. Dane, "Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books", p. 160 with further bibliography, and Huntington online record.
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
c

provenance 1927 -

placenameSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
arean-us-ca
timeperiod1927 -
ownerThe Huntington, 1927- (, )
provenanceType1
1
noteHenry Huntington founded the library to house his collection.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcea
b
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-09-21 19:05:15