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Myrrour of the worlde (Image du monde. Tr: William Caxton)

ISTC No.im00884000
TitleMyrrour of the worlde (Image du monde. Tr: William Caxton)
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [about 1489-90]
Formatf°
NotesWoodcuts, map, device. In most copies sheet k2.7 is a cancellans (see BMC)
Gossuin or Gautier de Metz was named as author in some of the manuscript sources
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.) M884
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 11657
Klebs: Klebs, Arnold C. Incunabula scientifica et medica: short title list. Bruges, 1938. (Reprinted from Osiris, vol.IV.) 531.2
DeR(C): Ricci, Seymour de. A census of Caxtons. Oxford, 1909. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XV). 95
Cx: Needham, Paul. ‘Checklist of Caxton’s printing’. The printer & the pardoner, Washington D.C., 1986 pp.83-91. 95
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. 402
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. 24763
Campbell(Maps): Campbell, Tony. The earliest printed maps 1472-1500. London, 1987. 69
IJL2: Yukishima, Koichi. Union catalogue of incunabula in Japanese libraries. 2nd edition. Tokyo, 2004. 280
SI: Undorf, Wolfgang. Catalogue of books printed in the 15th century in Swedish collections. 2 vols. Wiesbaden, 2012. 3991
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.) 2759
Rosenwald: The Rosenwald Collection: a catalogue of illustrated books and manuscripts, of books from celebrated presses, and of bindings and maps, 1150-1950. The gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress. [Catalogued by Marion Schild; ed. F.R. Goff.] Washington, D.C., 1954. 409
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4113
Rhodes(Oxford Colleges): Rhodes, Dennis E. A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian. Oxford, 1982. 1203
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 170
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] 10967
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : British Library, London
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1993 & 2011. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 3 - Image of the World: Geography and Cosmography, GC 90; Unit 93 - Printing in England Part III, EN 282

Holdings

AustraliaMelbourne, State Library of Victoria (imperfect, wanting quire k)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect)
JapanTokyo, Prof. T. Takamiya (imperfect)
SwedenUppsala, Universitetsbibliotek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IB.55142)
Cambridge, Magdalene College (Pepys Library)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (15833)
Oxford, Exeter College
Cambridge, University Library (Inc.3.J.1.1[3530])
Glasgow, University Library (Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.30)
United States of AmericaSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (DeR 95.9)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Huth) (DeR 95.8)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (DeR 95.6)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (DeR 95.5)
Urbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library (Perkins) (also DeR 95.8?)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY
Queried LocationsWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (imperfect, wanting 9 ff. -- De Ricci; not traced in Vienna 2011)
Number of holding institutions17
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00
 
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Myrrour of the worlde (Image du monde. Tr: William Caxton)

ISTC No.im00884000
TitleMyrrour of the worlde (Image du monde. Tr: William Caxton)
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [about 1489-90]
Formatf°
NotesWoodcuts, map, device. In most copies sheet k2.7 is a cancellans (see BMC)
Gossuin or Gautier de Metz was named as author in some of the manuscript sources
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.) M884
HC: Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. Part I. London, 1895. 11657
Klebs: Klebs, Arnold C. Incunabula scientifica et medica: short title list. Bruges, 1938. (Reprinted from Osiris, vol.IV.) 531.2
DeR(C): Ricci, Seymour de. A census of Caxtons. Oxford, 1909. (Illustrated monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society, XV). 95
Cx: Needham, Paul. ‘Checklist of Caxton’s printing’. The printer & the pardoner, Washington D.C., 1986 pp.83-91. 95
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. 402
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. 24763
Campbell(Maps): Campbell, Tony. The earliest printed maps 1472-1500. London, 1987. 69
IJL2: Yukishima, Koichi. Union catalogue of incunabula in Japanese libraries. 2nd edition. Tokyo, 2004. 280
SI: Undorf, Wolfgang. Catalogue of books printed in the 15th century in Swedish collections. 2 vols. Wiesbaden, 2012. 3991
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.) 2759
Rosenwald: The Rosenwald Collection: a catalogue of illustrated books and manuscripts, of books from celebrated presses, and of bindings and maps, 1150-1950. The gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress. [Catalogued by Marion Schild; ed. F.R. Goff.] Washington, D.C., 1954. 409
Oates: Oates, J.C.T. A catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library Cambridge. Cambridge, 1954. 4113
Rhodes(Oxford Colleges): Rhodes, Dennis E. A catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian. Oxford, 1982. 1203
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 170
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] 10967
show abbreviated references
Digital reproductionsElectronic facsimile : British Library, London
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 1993 & 2011. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 3 - Image of the World: Geography and Cosmography, GC 90; Unit 93 - Printing in England Part III, EN 282

Holdings

AustraliaMelbourne, State Library of Victoria (imperfect, wanting quire k)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect)
JapanTokyo, Prof. T. Takamiya (imperfect)
SwedenUppsala, Universitetsbibliotek
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon, British Library (IB.55142)
Cambridge, Magdalene College (Pepys Library)
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (15833)
Oxford, Exeter College
Cambridge, University Library (Inc.3.J.1.1[3530])
Glasgow, University Library (Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.30)
United States of AmericaSan Marino CA, Huntington Library (DeR 95.9)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Huth) (DeR 95.8)
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (DeR 95.6)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (DeR 95.5)
Urbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library (Perkins) (also DeR 95.8?)
Collection of the late Phyllis and John Gordan, New York NY
Queried LocationsWien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (imperfect, wanting 9 ff. -- De Ricci; not traced in Vienna 2011)
Number of holding institutions17
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00