San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
: 61866
ISTC No.ic00868000
TitleContemplation of the seven sheddings of the blood of Jesus Christ
ImprintWestminster : Wynkyn de Worde, [about 1500]
Format4°
Languageeng
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02152122
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark61866
NoteRecord created by Jackson Hartigan.
Size of leaves209 × 141 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteWanting a1 (blank?).
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, "Incunabula in the Huntington Library" (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1937), no. 5267.
Provenance
1500 -
1550
Areae-uk-en
Time period1500 - 1550
Provenance name [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Method of acquisitionunknown
Manuscript notesAnnotations in contemporary English hand featuring comments, days of the week assigned to sections, and a verse on the final page. Possible ownership inscription on first page, now unreadable.
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
Structuring the textYes
CommentsYes
Personal NotesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1839 -
1885
Areae-uk-en
Time period1839 - 1885
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, "Catalogue of the ... library of the late Rev. John Fuller Russell" (1885), 1:277. Binding not described.
Date of evidence1885
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1885 -
1885
Areae-uk-en
Time period1885 - 1885
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, "Catalogue of the ... library of the late Rev. John Fuller Russell" (1885), 1:277.
Date of evidence1885
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1885 -
Areae-uk-en
Time period1885 -
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
Note"BF Stevens" was recorded as buyer of this lot at £26, according to the Huntington Library’s annotated catalogue of the Russell sale.
Date of evidence1885
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price26 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1885 -
1907
Areae-fr
Time period1885 - 1907
Provenance TypeBinding
Binding note19th- or early 20th-century brown morocco with simple gilt-tooled fanfare-inspired design on covers. Spine, second panel lettered in gilt reading across, “CONTEM | PLA | CYON | OR | MEDY | TA | CYON”; at bottom, “W. | DE | WORDE”. Signed in gilt on lower turn-in of front cover, “MARIUS MICHEL.” Edges gilt. In modern pull-off case. Commissioner and date of binding unknown; a date after 1890 cannot be ruled out.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions211 × 146 × 8 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1907 -
1911
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1907 - 1911
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteGilt-stamped brown leather bookplate, "EX | LIBRIS | ROBERT | HOE", on front pastedown. “3:276” underneath in pencil.
Not listed in the 1907 Hoe library catalogue; date of acquisition unknown.
Anderson Auction Company, "Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe" (1911), 3:276.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1911 -
1911
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1911 - 1911
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteAnderson Auction Company, "Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe" (15 April 1912), 3:276.
Date of evidence1911
Method of acquisitionConsignment
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1911 -
1911
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1911 - 1911
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteSmith was bidding for Huntington at the Hoe sale. Hammer price recorded as $2000 in Hoe after-sale printed price list.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price2000 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1911 -
1927
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1911 - 1927
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NotePurchased by George Smith for Huntington at the Hoe sale; Huntington paid the hammer price plus 10% commission.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price2200 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue
Provenance
1927 -
PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteHuntington founded the library to house his collection.
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2024-09-05 16:25:06