Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02152083 CW-274 [02152083]

Philadelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US) : CW-274

ISTC No.ib00825000
authorBoethius (Pseudo-)
titleDe disciplina scholarium. Comm: pseudo- Thomas Aquinas
imprintStrassburg : [Georg Husner, 1495?]
format4°
languagelat
fullistc

copy

copyId02152083
holdingInstitutionIdPhiladelphia PA, Free Library of Philadelphia (US)
holdingInstitutionCollectionCopinger-Widener Collections
shelfmarkCW-274
noteCreated by Eric Pumroy
physicalDescriptionNote20th century brown leather binding. Large "A" in brown ink at bottom of title page suggests that this text was once bound with other texts.
paperSize196 × 138 mm
copyType1
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1495 - 1803

placenameMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
areae-gx
timeperiod1495 - 1803
ownerMunich, Augustinian Hermits, S. Johannes Baptista et Evangelista, OESA, 1294-1803 (, )
provenanceType1
provenanceImageInscription: "Ad Conventu[m] Monacense[m] Ord[ini] Er[emitani] S[ancti] Aug[ustini]" At top of title page in brown ink.
provDate1500-1600
decorationNoteNo decoration
rubricationNoteNo rubrication
msNoteNo manuscript notes other than the inscription and a large "A" at the bottom of the title page, suggesting that this was once bound with other texts.
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1875 - 1898

placenameManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1875 - 1898
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageEarly 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 upper left corner of front pastedown.
provDate1875-1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
f

provenance 1898 -

placenamePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
ownerFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present (, )
provenanceType1
notePart of the Copinger Collection purchased for the Free Library of Philadelphia by P.A.B. Widener of Philadelphia, 1898.
provDate1898
methodofacqa
bindingNote20th century brown leather binding with blind-stamped label on spine. Page edges colored red.
bindingDatex
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions201 × 144 × 18 mm
titling
toolinga
edgesb
certaintya
psourcea
c

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2024-08-28 20:04:58

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hostItemIdib00825000
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fullistc

copy

copyId02152083
holdingInstitutionIdPhFL
holdingInstitutionCollectionCopinger-Widener Collections
shelfmarkCW-274
noteCreated by Eric Pumroy
physicalDescriptionNote20th century brown leather binding. Large "A" in brown ink at bottom of title page suggests that this text was once bound with other texts.
paperSize196 × 138 mm
copyType1
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1495 - 1803

placenameMunich (Geonames ID: 2867714)
areae-gx
timeperiod1495 - 1803
ownerMunich, Augustinian Hermits, S. Johannes Baptista et Evangelista, OESA, 1294-1803 (, )
provenanceType1
provenanceImageInscription: "Ad Conventu[m] Monacense[m] Ord[ini] Er[emitani] S[ancti] Aug[ustini]" At top of title page in brown ink.
provDate1500-1600
decorationNoteNo decoration
rubricationNoteNo rubrication
msNoteNo manuscript notes other than the inscription and a large "A" at the bottom of the title page, suggesting that this was once bound with other texts.
certaintya
psourcea

provenance 1875 - 1898

placenameManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1875 - 1898
ownerCopinger, Walter Arthur, 1847 - 1910 (, )
provenanceType1
1
provenanceImageEarly 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 upper left corner of front pastedown.
provDate1875-1898
methodofacqa
certaintya
psourcea
f

provenance 1898 -

placenamePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
arean-us
timeperiod1898 -
Provenance nameFree Library of Philadelphia, 1891 - present [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Unknown, Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic 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 brown leather binding with blind-stamped label on spine. Page edges colored red.
Binding date20th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions201 × 144 × 18 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingBlind
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 Edit2024-08-28 20:04:58