Jacobus de Voragine:
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ISTC No.ij00148000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ImprintWestminster : William Caxton, [between 20 Nov. 1483 and Mar. 1484]
Formatf°
NotesWoodcuts
A substantial part of the work was set again and printed for a second issue; some copies are a mixture of both issues (BMC)
Language of itemeng
Reference worksGoff J148, J149; C 6472 (449 ff), 6473; Duff 408, 409; DeR(C) 98, 99; Cx 67; STC 24873, 24874; Pell(V) 110, 111; Pell Ms 6514 (6491); Hillard 1122; Delisle 1991; Sallander 2272; SI 2101; Oates 4087, 4088, 4089, 4090, 4091, 4105; Bod-inc J-068; Sheppard 7394, 7395, 7396-7397, 7398, 7407; Pr 9655, 9668; BMC XI 144; GW M11430; GW M11432
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 187
IISTC. Copy: London BL, C.11.d.8
Holdings
FranceParis, Bibliothèque Mazarine (imperfect)
Chantilly, Musée Condé
New ZealandAuckland, Central City Library (imperfect)
SwedenUppsala, Universitetsbibliotek (leaf C4 only)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAberdeen, University Library (with reset sheets)
Cambridge, University Library (6, 5 imperfect, 1 with reset sheets)
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College
Cambridge, Pembroke College
Glasgow, University Library (Hunterian, with reset sheets)
Hereford, Cathedral Library
Lincoln Cathedral Library
Longleat Library and Archive (Sold Christie's, 13 June 2002, lot 41.)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (2: 12018.1 (with kkii and kkiii reset), R4591)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (4, 2 mixed with reset sheets, 1 fragment)
London, British Library (C.11.d.8 = IB.55081, IB.55112) (Imperfect, wanting leaves [*]6 and B4, supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile. For the mixture of settings, see BMC)
London, British Library (C.18.e.2.(132.)) (Fragment of leaf b8, not in BMC)
United States of AmericaBoston MA, Public Library (DeR 98.17, -24ff)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (2, DeR 98.19, 44ff; DeR 98.15, mixed, -8ff; quires u9, F-X, aa-kk of 2nd setting)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division (-128ff, + quires V-Z, z, 9, N, Q of 2nd setting; cf Rosenwald 404, copy 2)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (DeR 98.27, -6ff)
Philadelphia PA, Library Company of Philadelphia (DeR 98.13, 304ff)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (DeR 98.16, 396 + 8ff [Pickering copy] + 7ff [Offor copy] = 411ff + 9ff of 2nd setting)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (2, DeR 98.29, -160ff; DeR 98.32, -32ff; quires u-z, and F-X, aa-ff of 2nd edition)
Dallas TX, Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library (DeR 98.31, 362ff, mixed [Doheny copy])
Princeton Univ., Scheide Library (-49ff)
Queried LocationsLongleat (sold 2002)
Number of holding institutions26
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00
