Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02150158 CW-424 [02150158]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-424

ISTC No.ih00459000
AuthorHoratius Flaccus, Quintus
TitleOpera. Comm: Antonius Mancinellus; Add: Pseudo- Acron; Pomponius Porphyrio; Christophorus Landinus. Ed: Antonius Mancinellus
ImprintVenice : [Philippus Pincius partly with Bevilaqua's types], '13 July 1498' [i.e. not after 1500]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscommentary
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150158
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-424
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves308 × 209 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1540 - 1581

PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1540 - 1581
Provenance nameFichard, Johann, 1512 - 1581 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Sum Joan. Fichardj" On title page. Title page also includes his handwritten notes identifying the commentators on Horace.
Contemporary binding.
Date of evidence1540-1580
Binding noteEarly German binding. Plain wooden boards with modern (1976) vellum rebacking on spine. Clasp hardware attached to front boards. No tooling or labeling. Manuscript label along the front edge.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions320 × 221 × 59 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184791
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
Writing on edgesAlong
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesSmall number of brief manuscript notes
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
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 top center of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1892-1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
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
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 Edit2023-10-18 18:33:51

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  02150158

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-424

ISTC No.ih00459000
AuthorHoratius Flaccus, Quintus
TitleOpera. Comm: Antonius Mancinellus; Add: Pseudo- Acron; Pomponius Porphyrio; Christophorus Landinus. Ed: Antonius Mancinellus
ImprintVenice : [Philippus Pincius partly with Bevilaqua's types], '13 July 1498' [i.e. not after 1500]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordscommentary
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150158
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-424
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves308 × 209 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1540 - 1581

PlaceFrankfurt am Main (Geonames ID: 2925533)
Areae-gx
Time period1540 - 1581
Provenance nameFichard, Johann, 1512 - 1581 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Binding
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Sum Joan. Fichardj" On title page. Title page also includes his handwritten notes identifying the commentators on Horace.
Contemporary binding.
Date of evidence1540-1580
Binding noteEarly German binding. Plain wooden boards with modern (1976) vellum rebacking on spine. Clasp hardware attached to front boards. No tooling or labeling. Manuscript label along the front edge.
Binding date16th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialParchment/Vellum
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions320 × 221 × 59 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184791
TitlingNone
ToolingNone
Writing on edgesAlong
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesSmall number of brief manuscript notes
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
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 top center of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1892-1898
Method of acquisitionPurchase
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
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 Edit2023-10-18 18:33:51