New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
: PML 27473
ISTC No.il00407000
AuthorLydgate, John
TitleThe Horse, the Sheep, and the Goose
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, about 1476]
Format4° in divided half-sheets
Languageeng
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02128029
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 27473
NoteChL 1764
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionChancery quarto, in half-sheets: [1⁸ 2¹⁰]: 18 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
Size of leaves201 × 137 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Manuscript signatures
Support material (book)Paper
SourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 70.1.
Bibliographical Decameron, vol. 3 / Thomas F. Dibdin. London : W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press, 1817, p. 817ff.; J. Veyrin-Forrer, "Caxton and France," Journal of the Printing Historical Society 11 (1976/77): 32, note 2.
Early Printed Books : Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1924-1974 / New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1974, no. 39.
Provenance
1476 -
1500
PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1476 - 1500
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombard (only one required in work, leaf [1]/2r).
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1600 -
1930
PlaceYork, England (Geonames ID: 2633352)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1600 - 1930
Provenance nameYork Minster [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution)
Provenance TypeBinding
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteYork Minster, probably bequeathed by Tobie Matthew (1546-1628), Archbishop of York, originally part of a volume of 9 tracts that were all separately rebound in 1816 (see Needham, Printer & the Pardoner, p. 69). Bibliographic notes by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1816 and T. T., 1822 (leaf [1]/1v).
Date of evidence1816
Method of acquisitionBequest
Binding note19th-century English purple, straight-grained morocco, gilt-tooled over paper boards (21 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports by Charles Lewis, 1816, under Dibdin’s direction. Inset paper doublures and plain paper fly leaves; gilt edges. Blank paper added after text to fill out binding.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions210 × 145 × mm
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography
Provenance
1930 -
1930
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1930 - 1930
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteA.S.W. Rosenbach, purchased from the Dean of the Chapter of York Minster, 16 April 1930 (along with PML 27474, from same tract volume).
Date of evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1930 -
PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1930 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library) The Pierpont Morgan Library was chartered in 1924. J.P. Morgan transferred the collection to the Library. Since 2006 the institution goes by the name The Morgan Library & Museum.
NotePierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Rosenbach, 1930.
Date of evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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