Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02151635 CW-185 [02151635]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-185

ISTC No.is00083000
AuthorSallustius Crispus, Gaius
TitleOpera. Comm: Laurentius Valla and Johannes Chrysostomus. Ed: Pomponius Laetus [and Johannes Britannicus]
ImprintParis : André Bocard, for Jean Petit, and Jean Alexandre and Charles de Bougne at Angers, '13 Jan.' 1497/98
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordscollection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02151635
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-185
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description20th century maroon leather binding with gold-stamped label on the spine. Text heavily bleached in the 19th century to remove extensive marginal notes, leaving large brown stains on the pages. Marginal notes faintly visible but not readable.
Size of leaves226 × 159 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1600

Areae-fr
Time period1500 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, France [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageExtensive marginal notes on last page of text, probably by French owner. On folio x6r. Notes extremely faint and difficult to read because of bleaching.
NoteOn title page, bleached out ownership inscription at the bottom of the page appears to include the word "Bibliotheque".
Date of evidence1500-1600
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesExtensive manuscript notes, some lengthy, throughout text. The pages were bleached, so only faint remnants of the notes survive and are not legible.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1810 - 1867

PlaceParis (Geonames ID: 2988507)
Areae-fr
Time period1810 - 1867
Provenance nameBrunet, Jacques Charles, 1780-1867 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Seller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageHandwritten inscription at top of title page: "Brunet"
NoteWalter Arthur Copinger noted that the book belonged to the French bibliographer Brunet in a penciled note on the front endleaf and in the entry for this book in his catalogue.
Date of evidence1810-1867
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1870 - 1894

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1870 - 1894
Provenance nameMowat, J. L. G. (John Lancaster Gough) , 1846-1894 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription in pencil on recto of front endleaf: "JH Middleton - from J.L.G. Mowatt, Pemb. Coll. Soc."
Date of evidence1885-1894
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1896

Areae-uk-en
Time period1875 - 1896
Provenance nameMiddleton, John Henry, 1846-1896 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Academy, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "JH Middleton - from J.L.G. Mowatt, Pemb. Coll. Soc." On recto of front endleaf, in pencil.
Date of evidence1885-1894
Method of acquisitionDonation
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. On front pastedown. 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

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
Binding note20th century red leather binding with blind-tooled lines on covers and gold-stamped label on spine. Page edges colored red.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions235 × 169 × 42 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2024-06-02 19:24:16

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  02151635

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-185

ISTC No.is00083000
AuthorSallustius Crispus, Gaius
TitleOpera. Comm: Laurentius Valla and Johannes Chrysostomus. Ed: Pomponius Laetus [and Johannes Britannicus]
ImprintParis : André Bocard, for Jean Petit, and Jean Alexandre and Charles de Bougne at Angers, '13 Jan.' 1497/98
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordscollection
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id02151635
Holding InstitutionPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
CollectionCopinger-Widener Collection
ShelfmarkCW-185
NoteCreated by Eric Pumroy.
Physical Description20th century maroon leather binding with gold-stamped label on the spine. Text heavily bleached in the 19th century to remove extensive marginal notes, leaving large brown stains on the pages. Marginal notes faintly visible but not readable.
Size of leaves226 × 159 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1500 - 1600

Areae-fr
Time period1500 - 1600
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, France [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Link to Provenance ImageExtensive marginal notes on last page of text, probably by French owner. On folio x6r. Notes extremely faint and difficult to read because of bleaching.
NoteOn title page, bleached out ownership inscription at the bottom of the page appears to include the word "Bibliotheque".
Date of evidence1500-1600
Decoration NoteNo decoration
Rubrication noteNo rubrication
Manuscript notesExtensive manuscript notes, some lengthy, throughout text. The pages were bleached, so only faint remnants of the notes survive and are not legible.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookThroughout
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1810 - 1867

PlaceParis (Geonames ID: 2988507)
Areae-fr
Time period1810 - 1867
Provenance nameBrunet, Jacques Charles, 1780-1867 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Seller's mark/note
Link to Provenance ImageHandwritten inscription at top of title page: "Brunet"
NoteWalter Arthur Copinger noted that the book belonged to the French bibliographer Brunet in a penciled note on the front endleaf and in the entry for this book in his catalogue.
Date of evidence1810-1867
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal

Provenance 1870 - 1894

PlaceOxford (Geonames ID: 2640729)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1870 - 1894
Provenance nameMowat, J. L. G. (John Lancaster Gough) , 1846-1894 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteInscription in pencil on recto of front endleaf: "JH Middleton - from J.L.G. Mowatt, Pemb. Coll. Soc."
Date of evidence1885-1894
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1875 - 1896

Areae-uk-en
Time period1875 - 1896
Provenance nameMiddleton, John Henry, 1846-1896 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Academy, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeInscription
Link to Provenance ImageInscription: "JH Middleton - from J.L.G. Mowatt, Pemb. Coll. Soc." On recto of front endleaf, in pencil.
Date of evidence1885-1894
Method of acquisitionDonation
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. On front pastedown. 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

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
Binding note20th century red leather binding with blind-tooled lines on covers and gold-stamped label on spine. Page edges colored red.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions235 × 169 × 42 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2024-06-02 19:24:16