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Hylton, Walter:
The ladder of perfection

ISTC No.ih00564000
AuthorHylton, Walter
TitleThe ladder of perfection
Imprint[Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, 1494
Formatf°
NotesBook III is only found in some copies, and may represent a later issue (STC): Cambridge UL, Westminster School, PML and RosML
Author’s name also recorded as Hilton. The printed title is Scala perfectionis
Language of itemeng
Reference worksGoff: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) H564
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 9068
Duff: Duff, E. Gordon. Fifteenth century English books. Oxford, 1917. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XVIII). Reprinted with supplement compiled by L. Hellinga. London, 2009. 203
STC: Pollard, A.W. and Redgrave, G.R. A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad 1475-1640. London, 1926. 14042
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. H-338
Madsen: Madsen, Viktor. Katalog over det Kongelige Biblioteks inkunabler. 3 vols. København, 1935-63. (P.R. Jorgensen. ‘Nye inkunabler … ’. Fund og Forskning 30 (1991) pp.133-38.) 2058
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4118
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 9694
BMC: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum [British Library]. 13 parts. London, ’t Goy-Houten, 1963-2007. (Pts I-IX reproduced from the working copies of the original edition (London, 1908-62) annotated at the Museum). XI 190
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 12476
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Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 49 - Printing in England Part II, EN 181

Holdings

DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IB.55165) (Imperfect; wanting quire a, supplied in facsimile, s5, and quires A-B, comprising the third book)
Cambridge, University Library (wanting sheet A4.5 of Book III)
Cambridge, King's College Library (imperfect)
Cambridge, St John's College
Glasgow, University Library (Hunterian)
Lincoln Cathedral Library (imperfect)
London, Westminster School
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (15046)
Manchester, Chetham's Library (imperfect)
United States of AmericaWashington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum
Philadelphia PA, Rosenbach Museum & Library
San Francisco CA, University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Center for British Art (imperfect)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Queried Locations[Simon Finch] cat. 50 (2002) 96 (Perryville-Doheny copy)
Number of holding institutions19
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00
 
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Hylton, Walter:
The ladder of perfection

ISTC No.ih00564000
AuthorHylton, Walter
TitleThe ladder of perfection
Imprint[Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, 1494
Formatf°
NotesBook III is only found in some copies, and may represent a later issue (STC): Cambridge UL, Westminster School, PML and RosML
Author’s name also recorded as Hilton. The printed title is Scala perfectionis
Language of itemeng
Reference worksGoff: Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census. Millwood (N.Y.), 1973. (Reproduced from the annotated copy of the original edition (New York, 1964) maintained by Goff). (Supplement. New York, 1972.) H564
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 9068
Duff: Duff, E. Gordon. Fifteenth century English books. Oxford, 1917. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XVIII). Reprinted with supplement compiled by L. Hellinga. London, 2009. 203
STC: Pollard, A.W. and Redgrave, G.R. A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad 1475-1640. London, 1926. 14042
CIBN: Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue des incunables. T. I (Xylographes, A-G); T. II (H-Z). Paris, 1981-2014. H-338
Madsen: Madsen, Viktor. Katalog over det Kongelige Biblioteks inkunabler. 3 vols. København, 1935-63. (P.R. Jorgensen. ‘Nye inkunabler … ’. Fund og Forskning 30 (1991) pp.133-38.) 2058
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4118
Pr: Proctor, Robert. An index to the early printed books in the British Museum from the invention of printing to the year MD, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library. 2 vols. London, 1898. 4 supplements, 1899-1902. (Part II, MDI-MDXX, Germany, London, 1903). 9694
BMC: Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum [British Library]. 13 parts. London, ’t Goy-Houten, 1963-2007. (Pts I-IX reproduced from the working copies of the original edition (London, 1908-62) annotated at the Museum). XI 190
GW: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Bd. I [etc.] Stuttgart, etc., 1968- [in progress]. (Vols. 1-7 reproduced with additions and corrections from the original edition (Leipzig, etc., 1925-38)). [See also GW Manuskript - GW M: http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de] 12476
show abbreviated references
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 49 - Printing in England Part II, EN 181

Holdings

DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IB.55165) (Imperfect; wanting quire a, supplied in facsimile, s5, and quires A-B, comprising the third book)
Cambridge, University Library (wanting sheet A4.5 of Book III)
Cambridge, King's College Library (imperfect)
Cambridge, St John's College
Glasgow, University Library (Hunterian)
Lincoln Cathedral Library (imperfect)
London, Westminster School
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (15046)
Manchester, Chetham's Library (imperfect)
United States of AmericaWashington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum
Philadelphia PA, Rosenbach Museum & Library
San Francisco CA, University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Center for British Art (imperfect)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Queried Locations[Simon Finch] cat. 50 (2002) 96 (Perryville-Doheny copy)
Number of holding institutions19
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00