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mei/02128086 PML 27042 [02128086]

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 27042

ISTC No.ii00073000
TitleInfantia Salvatoris
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, about 1476-77]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsnew testament; literature-devotional
Periodmedieval?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128086
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 27042
NoteChL 1761
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionChancery quarto in half-sheets: [1⁸ 2¹⁰]: 18 leaves.
Size of leaves205 × 140 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Composite volume
Copy Features - NotePML copy was originally part 13 of a Sammelband: manuscript headline, "liber xiii;" remainder of Sammelband unidentified/unknown. Leaf [2]/10 with section of fore edge torn away, repaired.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 27042

Provenance 1477 - 1500

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, England [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown)
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards and headlines. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1700 - 1724

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1700 - 1724
Provenance nameHarley, Robert, earl of Oxford, 1661-1724 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
NoteAssumed ownership from Harleianae catalogue
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1724 - 1749

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1724 - 1749
Provenance nameHarley, Edward, earl of Oxford, 1689-1761 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Osborne, Thomas, d. 1767 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThomas Osborne purchased the Harley printed books in 1743, Catalogus bibliothecae Harleianae III, no. 6635 and V, no. 7008. Osborne catalogue 1748-49, no. 4176.
Date of evidence1743
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteRed morocco gilt-tooled in the Harleian style over paper boards (21.5 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions215 × 145 × mm
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1749 - 1929

PlaceGöttingen, Germany (Geonames ID: 2918632)
Areae-gx
Time period1749 - 1929
Provenance nameGöttingen Universitätsbibliothek [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library)
Provenance TypeStamp
Deaccession mark
NoteGöttingen University Library, purchased from Thomas Osborne 12 May 1749, ink stamp: "Ex Bibliotheca Acad. Georgiae Augustae" (leaf [1]/1r) and deaccession authorization, 5 July 1929, tipped-in (front endleaves).
Date of evidence1749
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1929 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1929 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library)
Harper, Lathrop C., 1867-1950 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePierpont Morgan Library, purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from Lathrop C. Harper, 1929.
Date of evidence1929
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-03-09 22:27:58

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  02128086

New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US) : PML 27042

ISTC No.ii00073000
TitleInfantia Salvatoris
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, about 1476-77]
Format4°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHagiography
Keywordsnew testament; literature-devotional
Periodmedieval?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128086
Holding InstitutionNew York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (US)
ShelfmarkPML 27042
NoteChL 1761
NoteCreated by John McQuillen.
Physical DescriptionChancery quarto in half-sheets: [1⁸ 2¹⁰]: 18 leaves.
Size of leaves205 × 140 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Composite volume
Copy Features - NotePML copy was originally part 13 of a Sammelband: manuscript headline, "liber xiii;" remainder of Sammelband unidentified/unknown. Leaf [2]/10 with section of fore edge torn away, repaired.
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionPML 27042

Provenance 1477 - 1500

PlaceEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1477 - 1500
Provenance nameAnonymous rubricator, England [Person; Rubricator] (Unknown)
RubricationYes
Rubrication noteRubricated, red lombards and headlines. (15th century)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1700 - 1724

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1700 - 1724
Provenance nameHarley, Robert, earl of Oxford, 1661-1724 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
NoteAssumed ownership from Harleianae catalogue
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue

Provenance 1724 - 1749

PlaceLondon, England (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1724 - 1749
Provenance nameHarley, Edward, earl of Oxford, 1689-1761 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Politician, Aristocracy)
Osborne, Thomas, d. 1767 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteThomas Osborne purchased the Harley printed books in 1743, Catalogus bibliothecae Harleianae III, no. 6635 and V, no. 7008. Osborne catalogue 1748-49, no. 4176.
Date of evidence1743
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteRed morocco gilt-tooled in the Harleian style over paper boards (21.5 x 14.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and fly leaves, with plain paper fly leaves.
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions215 × 145 × mm
EdgesGilt
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1749 - 1929

PlaceGöttingen, Germany (Geonames ID: 2918632)
Areae-gx
Time period1749 - 1929
Provenance nameGöttingen Universitätsbibliothek [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library)
Provenance TypeStamp
Deaccession mark
NoteGöttingen University Library, purchased from Thomas Osborne 12 May 1749, ink stamp: "Ex Bibliotheca Acad. Georgiae Augustae" (leaf [1]/1r) and deaccession authorization, 5 July 1929, tipped-in (front endleaves).
Date of evidence1749
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1929 -

PlaceNew York City, New York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
Arean-us-ny
Time period1929 -
Provenance nameThe Morgan Library & Museum, 1924- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library)
Harper, Lathrop C., 1867-1950 [Person; Bookseller] (Male, Booktrade, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NotePierpont Morgan Library, purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from Lathrop C. Harper, 1929.
Date of evidence1929
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2019-03-09 22:27:58