Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02150719 CW-23 [02150719]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-23

ISTC No.ip00597000
AuthorPhilelphus, Franciscus
TitleEpistolae
Imprint[Basel : Johann Amerbach, before July 1496]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsLetter Collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150719
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-23
Also bound with this copyPhilelphus, Johannes Marius: Novum epistolarium. Ed: Ludovicus Mondellus. - Basel : Johann Amerbach, 1495 [ip00623000]
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves218 × 149 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1485 - 1500

PlaceGermany (Geonames ID: 2921044)
Areae-gx
Time period1485 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous German binder, 1485-1500 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of binding. Blind-tooled lines on late 15th century German goat-skin binding.
NoteHandwritten name on front cover in early hand: "Leonard?"
Date of evidence1500
Binding note15th-early 16th century German goatskin binding with blind-tooled lines. Manuscript binding waste. Clasp hardware attached to back cover. Remnant of handwritten label attached to front cover; handwritten label directly on to spine. Handwritten shelf number label "403" attached to spine
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions233 × 158 × 112 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184922
TitlingManuscript, Manuscript label
ToolingBlind
Rubrication noteNo rubrication.
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1803

PlaceBeyharting (Geonames ID: 2949446)
Areae-gx
Time period1500 - 1803
Provenance nameBeyharting, Bavaria, Augustinian Canons, John the Baptist, OSA, 1130-1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Canoby Beyharting". In brown ink at top of a2r.
Date of evidence1650-1750
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1803 - 1850

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 - 1850
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotations "Dpl" similar to those used by the Bavarian State Library to deaccession duplicate volumes acquired through the closing of Bavarian monasteries. Notations appear in pencil on the first page of text (a2r), and in red pencil on front pastedown and on the first page of text of the "Novum epistolarium" bound with this work.
Date of evidence1820-1840
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-gx
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Germany, 1850-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageGerman bookseller's printed description of the work. On inside of the front cover.
Date of evidence1850-1875
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1875 - 1898
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageEarly exlibris of Walter Arthur Copinger. Ex-libris with coat of arms, but no frame or date. Link is to image of the same ex-libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146186.
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 lower left corner of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1880-1898
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
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2024-01-03 15:39:50

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  02150719

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-23

ISTC No.ip00597000
AuthorPhilelphus, Franciscus
TitleEpistolae
Imprint[Basel : Johann Amerbach, before July 1496]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
KeywordsLetter Collection
PeriodHumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150719
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-23
Also bound with this copyPhilelphus, Johannes Marius: Novum epistolarium. Ed: Ludovicus Mondellus. - Basel : Johann Amerbach, 1495 [ip00623000]
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Size of leaves218 × 149 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1485 - 1500

PlaceGermany (Geonames ID: 2921044)
Areae-gx
Time period1485 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous German binder, 1485-1500 [Person; Binder] (Unknown, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBinding
Link to Provenance ImageFront cover of binding. Blind-tooled lines on late 15th century German goat-skin binding.
NoteHandwritten name on front cover in early hand: "Leonard?"
Date of evidence1500
Binding note15th-early 16th century German goatskin binding with blind-tooled lines. Manuscript binding waste. Clasp hardware attached to back cover. Remnant of handwritten label attached to front cover; handwritten label directly on to spine. Handwritten shelf number label "403" attached to spine
Binding date15th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialWood
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureYes
Binding statusOriginal binding (not significantly altered)
Binding Dimensions233 × 158 × 112 mm
Link to binding databaseshttps://husby.princeton.edu/show_book_by_id.php?book_id=184922
TitlingManuscript, Manuscript label
ToolingBlind
Rubrication noteNo rubrication.
Manuscript notesNo manuscript notes.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1803

PlaceBeyharting (Geonames ID: 2949446)
Areae-gx
Time period1500 - 1803
Provenance nameBeyharting, Bavaria, Augustinian Canons, John the Baptist, OSA, 1130-1803 [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution, Religious)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "Canoby Beyharting". In brown ink at top of a2r.
Date of evidence1650-1750
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1803 - 1850

PlaceMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
Areae-gx
Time period1803 - 1850
Provenance nameMünchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, Unknown)
Provenance TypeDeaccession mark
NoteNotations "Dpl" similar to those used by the Bavarian State Library to deaccession duplicate volumes acquired through the closing of Bavarian monasteries. Notations appear in pencil on the first page of text (a2r), and in red pencil on front pastedown and on the first page of text of the "Novum epistolarium" bound with this work.
Date of evidence1820-1840
Method of acquisitionRequisition
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1850 - 1875

Areae-gx
Time period1850 - 1875
Provenance nameAnonymous bookseller, Germany, 1850-1875 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, Unknown)
Provenance TypeSeller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageGerman bookseller's printed description of the work. On inside of the front cover.
Date of evidence1850-1875
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1875 - 1898
Provenance nameCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
Link to Provenance ImageEarly exlibris of Walter Arthur Copinger. Ex-libris with coat of arms, but no frame or date. Link is to image of the same ex-libris in MEI record https://data.cerl.org/mei/02146186.
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 lower left corner of front pastedown.
Date of evidence1880-1898
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
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2024-01-03 15:39:50