Jacobus de Voragine:
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
idij00148000
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]
dimensionsf°
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)
languageofitemeng
referencesGoff 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
relatedresourcesMicrofiche: 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
FR (imperfect)
NZ (imperfect)
SE (leaf C4 only)
GB (with reset sheets)
(6, 5 imperfect, 1 with reset sheets)
(Hunterian, with reset sheets)
(Sold Christie's, 13 June 2002, lot 41.)
(2: 12018.1 (with kkii and kkiii reset), R4591)
(4, 2 mixed with reset sheets, 1 fragment)
(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)
(C.18.e.2.(132.)) (Fragment of leaf b8, not in BMC)
US (DeR 98.17, -24ff)
(2, DeR 98.19, 44ff; DeR 98.15, mixed, -8ff; quires u9, F-X, aa-kk of 2nd setting)
(-128ff, + quires V-Z, z, 9, N, Q of 2nd setting; cf Rosenwald 404, copy 2)
(DeR 98.27, -6ff)
(DeR 98.13, 304ff)
(DeR 98.16, 396 + 8ff [Pickering copy] + 7ff [Offor copy] = 411ff + 9ff of 2nd setting)
(2, DeR 98.29, -160ff; DeR 98.32, -32ff; quires u-z, and F-X, aa-ff of 2nd edition)
(DeR 98.31, 362ff, mixed [Doheny copy])
(-49ff)
Queried LocationsLongleat (sold 2002)
noofcopies26
Last Edit2024-05-03 12:00:00.00
