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: 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.) J148, J149
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DeR(C): Ricci, Seymour de. A census of Caxtons. Oxford, 1909. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XV). 98, 99
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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. 24873, 24874
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Sallander: Sallander, Hans. Katalog der Inkunabeln der Kgl. Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Uppsala. 1) Neuerwerbungen seit dem Jahre 1907. Uppsala, 1953. (Bibliotheca Ekmaniana, 59). 2) Neuerwerbungen der Jahre 1954-64. Uppsala, 1965. (Bibliotheca Ekmaniana, 63). 2272
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Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4087, 4088, 4089, 4090, 4091, 4105
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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). 9655, 9668
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 144
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] M11430
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] 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
