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mei/00208361 Johnson c. 371(1).
[00208361]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Johnson c. 371(1).
ISTC No.ih00267000
AuthorHigden, Ranulphus
TitlePolycronicon. Tr: John Trevisa. With the continuation 1357-1460 by William Caxton
Imprint[Westminster] : William Caxton, [between 2 July and 8 October 1482]
Provenance nameJohnson, John de Monins (1882-1953), 1882 - 1953 see DNB; Printer to the University of Oxford; the collection created by him for the University of Oxford, mainly of printed ephemera, was transferred from the University Press to the Bodleian Library in 1968; see The John Johnson Collection: Catalogue of an Exhibition (Oxford, 1971), esp. 5-18; on the creation of the collection see a letter from John Johnson to Strickland Gibson, 10 Jan. 1945 (MS. Johnson c. 18, fols 140-4); a fragment of B-552 is supposed to exist in the Johnson Collection, but it has not been located.
NoteProvenance: John de Monins Johnson (1882-1953).
Provenance nameJohnson, John de Monins (1882-1953), 1882 - 1953 see DNB; Printer to the University of Oxford; the collection created by him for the University of Oxford, mainly of printed ephemera, was transferred from the University Press to the Bodleian Library in 1968; see The John Johnson Collection: Catalogue of an Exhibition (Oxford, 1971), esp. 5-18; on the creation of the collection see a letter from John Johnson to Strickland Gibson, 10 Jan. 1945 (MS. Johnson c. 18, fols 140-4); a fragment of B-552 is supposed to exist in the Johnson Collection, but it has not been located.
NoteProvenance: John de Monins Johnson (1882-1953).