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mei/02128004 PML 779 [02128004]

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 779

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]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsreligion; translation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128004
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 779
NoteChL 1776 (Copy 5)
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionChancery folio: a-b⁸ C⁴; 1-28⁸ [28*]²; 29-48⁸ 49⁴; 50, 52-55⁸: 450 leaves, leaves a1, 1/1, 1/5, [28*]/2, and 55/8 blank.
Size of leaves256 × 183 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NotePML 779 wanting 23 leaves: a⁸, 1/1.8, 1/2, 1/5, 4/8, 9/8, [28*]/2, 54/8, and 55/1-2, 4-8. Leaves 2/3-7 bound after 4/1. Bottom half of leaf 2/8 repaired.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 779
SourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 49.17.

Provenance 1482 - 1500

PlaceWestminster, England (Geonames ID: 2634341)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1482 - 1500
Provenance nameCaxton rubricator [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Method of acquisitionunknown
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards and paragraph marks (backwards P-type); marginal apparati according to Caxton’s shop model, in a rather loose hand (similar hand to PML 685 and 686).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1700

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1500 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, England, 1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, No characterisation/lay) 1600
Anonymous annotator, England, 1600-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Manuscript notes Marginal notations in several hands, 16th/17th century. Inscriptions: "Examyned allover" censor’s mark(?) (leaf 9/7v); "He that of all men be [??] shall for the moste p[ar]te wynne [tha]t for his labor," (leaf 22/7r); "He that is [???] of this boke [???]" (leaf 34/7v).
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
CensorshipYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1700

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance nameSnellynge, Francis, 17th century [Person; Annotator] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
(Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteFrancis (Frannces) Snellynge, inscription (leaf 17/1v).
Date of evidence17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1770 - 1808

PlaceSudbury, England (Geonames ID: 2636564)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1770 - 1808
Provenance nameBlake, Patrick, Sir, c. 1742-1784 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteSir Patrick Blake (ca. 1742-1784), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s, 20 July 1808, lot 808, to Leigh for £21.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1830 - 1864

PlacePortsea, England (Geonames ID: 6458607)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1830 - 1864
Provenance nameGlendinning, Robert, d. 1864 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Lilly, Joseph, 1804-1870 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
F. and T. Aitken, 19th century [Corporate body; Binder] (Booktrade)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteRobert Glendinning (d. 1864), of Portsea, purchased from Joseph Lilly; (Glendinning sale?) Sotheby’s, Aug. 1865, for 455 guineas (note fly leaf facing leaf b1r; De Ricci says Glendinning’s Caxtons were bought by Lilly).
Date of evidence1865
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding note19th-century blind-stamped English brown hard-grained morocco over paper boards (27 x 20.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports by F. & T. Aitken (Frederick and Thomas?). Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves (with blank leaves added in place of missing text leaves); decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding Dimensions270 × 205 × mm
ToolingBlind
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1865 - 1908

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1865 - 1908
Provenance nameAmherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st baron Amherst of Hackney, 1835-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteWilliam Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial bookplates (front pastedown), purchased from Lilly; his sale, Sotheby’s London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 447 (purchased by Morgan prior to sale).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourcee

provenance 1908 - 1913

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1908 - 1913
ownerMorgan, Pierpont, 1837-1913 (, )
provenanceType1
notePierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Amherst collection, 1908.
provDate1908
methodofacqa

provenance 1913 - 1924

placenameNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
arean-us-ny
timeperiod1913 - 1924
ownerMorgan, J. P., 1867-1943 (, )
noteInherited Pierpont Morgan's collection at his death.

Provenance 1924 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1924 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library)
NoteThe Pierpont Morgan Library was chartered in 1924. J.P. Morgan transferred the collection to the Library. Since 2006 the institution goes by the name The Morgan Library & Museum.

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-05-15 19:58:52

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  02128004

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 779

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]
Formatf°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordsreligion; translation; collection
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128004
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 779
NoteChL 1776 (Copy 5)
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionChancery folio: a-b⁸ C⁴; 1-28⁸ [28*]²; 29-48⁸ 49⁴; 50, 52-55⁸: 450 leaves, leaves a1, 1/1, 1/5, [28*]/2, and 55/8 blank.
Size of leaves256 × 183 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NotePML 779 wanting 23 leaves: a⁸, 1/1.8, 1/2, 1/5, 4/8, 9/8, [28*]/2, 54/8, and 55/1-2, 4-8. Leaves 2/3-7 bound after 4/1. Bottom half of leaf 2/8 repaired.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 779
SourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 49.17.

Provenance 1482 - 1500

PlaceWestminster, England (Geonames ID: 2634341)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1482 - 1500
Provenance nameCaxton rubricator [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Method of acquisitionunknown
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards and paragraph marks (backwards P-type); marginal apparati according to Caxton’s shop model, in a rather loose hand (similar hand to PML 685 and 686).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1500 - 1700

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1500 - 1700
Provenance nameAnonymous annotator, England, 1500 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, No characterisation/lay) 1600
Anonymous annotator, England, 1600-1700 [Person; Annotator] (Unknown, Unknown, No characterisation/lay)
Manuscript notes Marginal notations in several hands, 16th/17th century. Inscriptions: "Examyned allover" censor’s mark(?) (leaf 9/7v); "He that of all men be [??] shall for the moste p[ar]te wynne [tha]t for his labor," (leaf 22/7r); "He that is [???] of this boke [???]" (leaf 34/7v).
Ms. notes (frequency)Several
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
CensorshipYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Pen trialsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1600 - 1700

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1600 - 1700
Provenance nameSnellynge, Francis, 17th century [Person; Annotator] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
(Unknown)
Provenance TypeInscription
NoteFrancis (Frannces) Snellynge, inscription (leaf 17/1v).
Date of evidence17th century
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1770 - 1808

PlaceSudbury, England (Geonames ID: 2636564)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1770 - 1808
Provenance nameBlake, Patrick, Sir, c. 1742-1784 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteSir Patrick Blake (ca. 1742-1784), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); his sale, Sotheby’s, 20 July 1808, lot 808, to Leigh for £21.
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1830 - 1864

PlacePortsea, England (Geonames ID: 6458607)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1830 - 1864
Provenance nameGlendinning, Robert, d. 1864 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Lilly, Joseph, 1804-1870 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
F. and T. Aitken, 19th century [Corporate body; Binder] (Booktrade)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
Documentary Evidence
NoteRobert Glendinning (d. 1864), of Portsea, purchased from Joseph Lilly; (Glendinning sale?) Sotheby’s, Aug. 1865, for 455 guineas (note fly leaf facing leaf b1r; De Ricci says Glendinning’s Caxtons were bought by Lilly).
Date of evidence1865
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding note19th-century blind-stamped English brown hard-grained morocco over paper boards (27 x 20.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports by F. & T. Aitken (Frederick and Thomas?). Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves (with blank leaves added in place of missing text leaves); decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding Dimensions270 × 205 × mm
ToolingBlind
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1865 - 1908

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1865 - 1908
Provenance nameAmherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st baron Amherst of Hackney, 1835-1909 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NoteWilliam Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst (1835-1909), armorial bookplates (front pastedown), purchased from Lilly; his sale, Sotheby’s London, 3 Dec. 1908, lot 447 (purchased by Morgan prior to sale).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1908 - 1913

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1908 - 1913
Provenance nameMorgan, Pierpont, 1837-1913 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
NotePierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Amherst collection, 1908.
Date of evidence1908
Method of acquisitionPurchase

Provenance 1913 - 1924

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1913 - 1924
Provenance nameMorgan, J. P., 1867-1943 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Business, No characterisation/lay)
NoteInherited Pierpont Morgan's collection at his death.

Provenance 1924 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1924 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library)
NoteThe Pierpont Morgan Library was chartered in 1924. J.P. Morgan transferred the collection to the Library. Since 2006 the institution goes by the name The Morgan Library & Museum.

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-05-15 19:58:52