Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02150917 CW-87 [02150917]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-87

ISTC No.im00342000
AuthorMarullus, Michael
TitleEpigrammatum libri IV. Hymnorum naturalium libri IV
ImprintFlorence : Societas Colubris (Compagnia del Drago), 26 Nov. 1497
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150917
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-87
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical DescriptionMid-19th century half-calf binding over brown book cloth, with gold-stamped label on spine. Manuscript foliation in early hand, beginning with 204 on title page, suggesting that this work had once been bound with other texts.
Size of leaves208 × 141 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacks folio 96, the last page of errata at the end of the text.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1550 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1550-1600 [Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageManuscript marginal notes. Early Italian hand in brown ink. On first page of text, folio a2r.
NoteFoliation in brown ink, beginning with "204" on the title page, and ending on folio 235.
Date of evidence1550-1600
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesExtensive marginal notes, primarily key words, in the first third of the book. Very few notes after folio 235, the last numbered folio.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookFirst half
CorrectionsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1813 - 1850

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1813 - 1850
Provenance nameLondon, Payne & Foss, 1813-1850 [Corporate body; Bookseller] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Seller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImagePencil note "Payne and Foss 2/2/[?]". On title page.
19th century binding
Date of evidence1820-1850
Binding note19th century brown half-calf binding over brown bookcloth covers. Gold stamped label on spine. 19th century endleaves and pastedowns.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions220 × 154 × 20 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
Price2/2/[?] British pounds
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1898

PlaceManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Areae-uk-en
timeperiod1875 - 1898
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageCopinger'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.
provDate1892-1898
methodofacqa
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 Edit2024-02-02 18:09:40

All Copies

  02150917

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-87

ISTC No.im00342000
AuthorMarullus, Michael
TitleEpigrammatum libri IV. Hymnorum naturalium libri IV
ImprintFlorence : Societas Colubris (Compagnia del Drago), 26 Nov. 1497
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodhumanist

Description of Copy

Copy Id02150917
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-87
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical DescriptionMid-19th century half-calf binding over brown book cloth, with gold-stamped label on spine. Manuscript foliation in early hand, beginning with 204 on title page, suggesting that this work had once been bound with other texts.
Size of leaves208 × 141 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteLacks folio 96, the last page of errata at the end of the text.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1550 - 1600

Areae-it
Time period1550 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous, Italy, 1550-1600 [Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageManuscript marginal notes. Early Italian hand in brown ink. On first page of text, folio a2r.
NoteFoliation in brown ink, beginning with "204" on the title page, and ending on folio 235.
Date of evidence1550-1600
Decoration NoteNo decoration
rubricationNoteNo rubrication
msNoteExtensive marginal notes, primarily key words, in the first third of the book. Very few notes after folio 235, the last numbered folio.
msFrequencye
msLocationb
hasMsCorrectionsbooleanyes
hasMsExtractedKeywordsbooleanyes
hasMsCommentsbooleanyes
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1813 - 1850

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1813 - 1850
ownerLondon, Payne & Foss, 1813-1850 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImagePencil note "Payne and Foss 2/2/[?]". On title page.
19th century binding
provDate1820-1850
bindingNote19th century brown half-calf binding over brown bookcloth covers. Gold stamped label on spine. 19th century endleaves and pastedowns.
Binding datew
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialMixed
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions220 × 154 × 20 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
Price2/2/[?] British pounds
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 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
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 Edit2024-02-02 18:09:40