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Lydgate, John:
The Life of Our Lady

ISTC No.il00409000
AuthorLydgate, John
TitleThe Life of Our Lady
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [1483]
Formatf°
NotesSheets a2.7 and a3.6 are known in a different setting, all recovered as fragments of printers' waste from bindings. Proctor and Bühler believed they represented an otherwise unknown edition, but it seems more likely that they were rejected as faulty after printing, and have been replaced by reprinted sheets in the complete copies known (BMC)
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.) L409 (incl. L410)
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 10352
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. 266 (incl 266a)
Cx: Needham, Paul. ‘Checklist of Caxton’s printing’. The printer & the pardoner, Washington D.C., 1986 pp.83-91. 63 (incl 62)
DeR(C): Ricci, Seymour de. A census of Caxtons. Oxford, 1909. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XV). 71 (incl 72)
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. 17023, 17024
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4096, 4097
Rhodes(Oxford Colleges): Rhodes, Dennis E. A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian. Oxford, 1982. 1131
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. L-204, L-205
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 7404, 7405
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). 9665, 9666
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 139
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] M19609
Fac: Amsterdam, 1972 (English experience no.473):
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Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : British Library, London (C.10.b.18)
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (IC.55108)
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (IC.55108a)
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 48 - Printing in England Part I, EN 61
IISTC. Copy: London BL, C.10.b.18

Holdings

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, University Library (imperfect, + ff. a3 and a6 of the variant setting)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (4: 15834.1, 15834.2 (sig. [A]1 only), R37515 (var a3, a6), R37516 (var a6)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (+ sheet a3.6 of the variant)
London, British Library (C.10.b.18 = IB.55106)
London, British Library (IB.55107) (Sheet a2.7)
London, British Library (IC.55108) (Sheet a3.6, imperfect, of the variant settings)
London, British Library (IC.55108a) (Sheet a3.6, imperfect, of the variant settings)
Glasgow, University Library (Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.20)
United States of AmericaNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (2, DeR 71.1 and .8, + 1 sheet of the variant, DeR 72.3)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (8 ff)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY (2ff, var)
Number of holding institutions11
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00
 
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Lydgate, John:
The Life of Our Lady

ISTC No.il00409000
AuthorLydgate, John
TitleThe Life of Our Lady
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [1483]
Formatf°
NotesSheets a2.7 and a3.6 are known in a different setting, all recovered as fragments of printers' waste from bindings. Proctor and Bühler believed they represented an otherwise unknown edition, but it seems more likely that they were rejected as faulty after printing, and have been replaced by reprinted sheets in the complete copies known (BMC)
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.) L409 (incl. L410)
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 10352
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. 266 (incl 266a)
Cx: Needham, Paul. ‘Checklist of Caxton’s printing’. The printer & the pardoner, Washington D.C., 1986 pp.83-91. 63 (incl 62)
DeR(C): Ricci, Seymour de. A census of Caxtons. Oxford, 1909. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XV). 71 (incl 72)
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. 17023, 17024
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4096, 4097
Rhodes(Oxford Colleges): Rhodes, Dennis E. A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian. Oxford, 1982. 1131
Bod-inc: A catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library. 6 vols. Oxford, 2005. L-204, L-205
Sheppard: Sheppard, L.A. Catalogue of XVth century books in the Bodleian Library. [Unpublished MS, 1954-71]. 7404, 7405
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). 9665, 9666
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 139
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] M19609
Fac: Amsterdam, 1972 (English experience no.473):
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : British Library, London (C.10.b.18)
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (IC.55108)
Electronic facsimile : British Library, London (IC.55108a)
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2002. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 48 - Printing in England Part I, EN 61
IISTC. Copy: London BL, C.10.b.18

Holdings

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, University Library (imperfect, + ff. a3 and a6 of the variant setting)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (4: 15834.1, 15834.2 (sig. [A]1 only), R37515 (var a3, a6), R37516 (var a6)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (+ sheet a3.6 of the variant)
London, British Library (C.10.b.18 = IB.55106)
London, British Library (IB.55107) (Sheet a2.7)
London, British Library (IC.55108) (Sheet a3.6, imperfect, of the variant settings)
London, British Library (IC.55108a) (Sheet a3.6, imperfect, of the variant settings)
Glasgow, University Library (Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.20)
United States of AmericaNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (2, DeR 71.1 and .8, + 1 sheet of the variant, DeR 72.3)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (8 ff)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY (2ff, var)
Number of holding institutions11
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00