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mei/02128028 PML 27474 [02128028]

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 27474

ISTC No.il00406000
AuthorLydgate, John
TitleThe Churl and the Bird
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, 1476]
Format4°
Languageeng
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SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128028
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 27474
NoteChL 1765
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionChancery quarto, in half-sheets: [1]¹⁰: 10 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
Size of leaves201 × 137 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 27474 This is a link to the library catalogue
SourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 67.1.
Early Printed Books : Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1924-1974 / New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1974, no. 38.

Provenance 1600 - 1930

PlaceYork, England (Geonames ID: 2633352)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1600 - 1930
Provenance nameYork Minster [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Religious institution)
Matthew, Tobie, Archbishop of York, 1546-1628 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Clergy, Religious)
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847 [Person; Annotator] (Male, Scholar, No characterisation/lay)
Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836 [Person; Binder] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBinding
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteYork Minster, probably bequeathed by Tobie Matthew (1546-1628), Archbishop of York, originally part of a volume of 9 tracts that were all separately rebound in 1816 (see Needham, Printer & the Pardoner, p. 69). Bibliographic notes by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1816 (leaf [1]/1v).
Date of evidence1816
Method of acquisitionBequest
Binding note19th-century English purple, straight-grained morocco, gilt-tooled over paper boards (21 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports by Charles Lewis, 1816, under Dibdin’s direction. Inset paper doublures and plain paper fly leaves; gilt edges. Blank paper added after text to fill out binding.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
bindingStatusRebound
bindingdimensions210 × 145 × mm
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1930 - 1930

PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1930 - 1930
Provenance nameRosenbach, A. S. W., 1876-1952 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteA.S.W. Rosenbach, purchased from the Dean of the Chapter of York Minster, 16 April 1930 (along with PML 27473, from same tract volume).
Date of evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1930 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1930 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library) The 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.
NotePierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Rosenbach, 1930.
Date of evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourcef

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-03-27 11:30:29

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copyId02128028
holdingInstitutionIdNewYorkNYPierpontMorganLibrary
shelfmarkPML 27474
holdingsNoteChL 1765
noteCreated by John McQuillen.
physicalDescriptionNoteChancery quarto, in half-sheets: [1]¹⁰: 10 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
paperSize201 × 137 mm
copyType1
supportMaterialBooka
electronicReproductionPML 27474 This is a link to the library catalogue
sourceA Census of Caxtons / Seymour de Ricci. London: Oxford University Press for The Bibliographical Society, 1909, no. 67.1.
Early Printed Books : Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library 1924-1974 / New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1974, no. 38.

provenance 1600 - 1930

placenameYork, England (Geonames ID: 2633352)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1600 - 1930
ownerYork Minster
Matthew, Tobie, Archbishop of York, 1546-1628 (, )
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847 (, )
Lewis, Charles, 1786-1836 (, )
Provenance TypeBinding
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteYork Minster, probably bequeathed by Tobie Matthew (1546-1628), Archbishop of York, originally part of a volume of 9 tracts that were all separately rebound in 1816 (see Needham, Printer & the Pardoner, p. 69). Bibliographic notes by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1816 (leaf [1]/1v).
Date of evidence1816
Method of acquisitionBequest
Binding note19th-century English purple, straight-grained morocco, gilt-tooled over paper boards (21 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports by Charles Lewis, 1816, under Dibdin’s direction. Inset paper doublures and plain paper fly leaves; gilt edges. Blank paper added after text to fill out binding.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions210 × 145 × mm
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Bibliography

Provenance 1930 - 1930

PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (Geonames ID: 4560349)
Arean-us-pa
Time period1930 - 1930
Provenance nameRosenbach, A. S. W., 1876-1952 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteA.S.W. Rosenbach, purchased from the Dean of the Chapter of York Minster, 16 April 1930 (along with PML 27473, from same tract volume).
Date of evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1930 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1930 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library) The 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.
NotePierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Rosenbach, 1930.
Date of evidence1930
Method of acquisitionPurchase
certaintya
psourcef

otherInformation

completeness1
Last Edit2023-03-27 11:30:29