Material Evidence
in Incunabula

mei/02152220 47899 [02152220]

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 47899

ISTC No.ia00368000
AuthorAlcock, Johannes
TitleSermo in Die Innocentium pro episcopo puerorum [English]. Add: Indulgentiae Johannis XXII et Clementis V in ecclesia Ara Celi Romae scriptae; Virtutes aquae benedictae; Extracts of Hugo de Sancto Victore and Aurelius Augustinus [Latin]
Imprint[Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, [about 1497-98]
Format4°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Pastoral
Keywordscollection; law-canon; theology-practical; grants & licences
periodcontemporary

copy

copyId02152220
holdingInstitutionIdSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
shelfmark47899
noteRecord created by Jackson Hartigan.
paperSize178 × 125 mm
copyType1
copyFeaturesNoteLast leaf mended, with slight loss to bottom left corner of woodcut.
supportMaterialBooka
sourceH.R. Mead, "Incunabula in the Huntington Library" (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1937), no. 5261.

provenance 1800 - 1833

areae-uk
timeperiod1800 - 1833 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
ownerHeber, Richard, 1773-1833 (, )
Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836 (, )
provenanceType1
1
1
noteIn pencil on first front flyleaf verso, "Heber's Cat. Part II No 567."
Evans, "Catalogue of the library of the late Richard Heber" (auction, pt. 6, 24 Mar. 1835, no. 567).
methodofacqx
bindingNoteNineteenth-century dark blue morocco with gilt fillet border and gold pattern on board edges and turn-ins. Gold titling on spine, reading up, framed by gilt border and decoration: "SERMO PRO EPISCOPO PUERORUM. W.C." All edges gilt, endpapers colored red.
In Heber and subsequent catalogues (as well as in note on front flyleaf copied from Heber, probably by Russell), binding is attributed to "Lewis".
In wooden box with sliding catches, covered in teal morocco with gilt tooling. May be later addition.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialz
coverMaterialb
furniture0
bindingStatusb
bindingdimensions182 × 133 × 6 mm
titling
toolingb
edgesa
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1835 -

Time period1835 -
Provenance name [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteAnnotated Huntington copy of Heber catalogue gives price of £5.18.0, but no purchaser's name.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price5.18.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1840 - 1885

Areae-uk-en
Time period1840 - 1885 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
Provenance nameRussell, John Fuller, 1814-1884 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn first front flyleaf verso, bibliographical notes in pencil from Heber catalogue and Thomas Frognall Dibdin with note "Copied Nov. 7/68", probably by Russell. On second to last flyleaf verso, in pencil, "Russell | H.A.A.++".
Correspondence regarding the book between Russell and John Gough Nichols laid into box.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, "Catalogue of the ... library of the late Rev. John Fuller Russell" (26 June -, 1885), 1:147.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1885 -

Areae-uk
Time period1885 -
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899 [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn annotated Huntington copy of Russell catalogue, Quaritch is listed as buyer at £28.0.0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price28.0.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1885 - 1911

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1885 - 1911 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
Provenance nameHoe, Robert, III, 1839-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteGilt-stamped brown leather bookplate, "EX | LIBRIS | ROBERT | HOE", on front pastedown. Below, traces of a removed oval bookplate.
"Catalogue of ... the library of Robert Hoe" (1907), 2:170.
Anderson Auction Company, "Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe" (1912), 2:3562.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1912 - 1912

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1912 - 1912
Provenance nameSmith, George D., 1870 - 1920 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteSmith was bidding for Huntington at the Hoe sale. Hammer price recorded as $1225 in Hoe after-sale printed price list.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1225 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1912 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1912 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NotePurchased by George Smith for Huntington at the Hoe sale; Huntington paid the hammer price plus 10% commission.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1347.50 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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 Edit2024-11-01 23:37:03

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  02152220

San Marino CA, Huntington Library (US) : 47899

ISTC No.ia00368000
AuthorAlcock, Johannes
TitleSermo in Die Innocentium pro episcopo puerorum [English]. Add: Indulgentiae Johannis XXII et Clementis V in ecclesia Ara Celi Romae scriptae; Virtutes aquae benedictae; Extracts of Hugo de Sancto Victore and Aurelius Augustinus [Latin]
Imprint[Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, [about 1497-98]
Format4°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectTheology-Pastoral
Keywordscollection; law-canon; theology-practical; grants & licences
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02152220
Holding InstitutionSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (US)
Shelfmark47899
NoteRecord created by Jackson Hartigan.
Size of leaves178 × 125 mm
Copy FeaturesNo rubrication
Copy Features - NoteLast leaf mended, with slight loss to bottom left corner of woodcut.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceH.R. Mead, "Incunabula in the Huntington Library" (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1937), no. 5261.

Provenance 1800 - 1833

Areae-uk
timeperiod1800 - 1833 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
ownerHeber, Richard, 1773-1833 (, )
Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836 (, )
provenanceType1
1
1
noteIn pencil on first front flyleaf verso, "Heber's Cat. Part II No 567."
Evans, "Catalogue of the library of the late Richard Heber" (auction, pt. 6, 24 Mar. 1835, no. 567).
Method of acquisitionx
Binding noteNineteenth-century dark blue morocco with gilt fillet border and gold pattern on board edges and turn-ins. Gold titling on spine, reading up, framed by gilt border and decoration: "SERMO PRO EPISCOPO PUERORUM. W.C." All edges gilt, endpapers colored red.
In Heber and subsequent catalogues (as well as in note on front flyleaf copied from Heber, probably by Russell), binding is attributed to "Lewis".
In wooden box with sliding catches, covered in teal morocco with gilt tooling. May be later addition.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialOther
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions182 × 133 × 6 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1835 -

Time period1835 -
Provenance name [Person; Former Owner] (Unknown, Unknown, Unknown)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteAnnotated Huntington copy of Heber catalogue gives price of £5.18.0, but no purchaser's name.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price5.18.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1840 - 1885

Areae-uk-en
Time period1840 - 1885 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
Provenance nameRussell, John Fuller, 1814-1884 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteOn first front flyleaf verso, bibliographical notes in pencil from Heber catalogue and Thomas Frognall Dibdin with note "Copied Nov. 7/68", probably by Russell. On second to last flyleaf verso, in pencil, "Russell | H.A.A.++".
Correspondence regarding the book between Russell and John Gough Nichols laid into box.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, "Catalogue of the ... library of the late Rev. John Fuller Russell" (26 June -, 1885), 1:147.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1885 -

Areae-uk
Time period1885 -
Provenance nameQuaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899 [Person; Role not specified] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteIn annotated Huntington copy of Russell catalogue, Quaritch is listed as buyer at £28.0.0.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price28.0.0 GBP
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1885 - 1911

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1885 - 1911 (Date of acquisition unknown.)
Provenance nameHoe, Robert, III, 1839-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteGilt-stamped brown leather bookplate, "EX | LIBRIS | ROBERT | HOE", on front pastedown. Below, traces of a removed oval bookplate.
"Catalogue of ... the library of Robert Hoe" (1907), 2:170.
Anderson Auction Company, "Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe" (1912), 2:3562.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Auction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1912 - 1912

PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1912 - 1912
Provenance nameSmith, George D., 1870 - 1920 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteSmith was bidding for Huntington at the Hoe sale. Hammer price recorded as $1225 in Hoe after-sale printed price list.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1225 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Documentary source

Provenance 1912 - 1927

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1912 - 1927
Provenance nameHenry Edwards Huntington, 1850-1927 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NotePurchased by George Smith for Huntington at the Hoe sale; Huntington paid the hammer price plus 10% commission.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price1347.50 USD
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1927 -

PlaceSan Marino (Geonames ID: 5392400)
Arean-us-ca
Time period1927 -
Provenance nameThe Huntington, 1927- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
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 Edit2024-11-01 23:37:03